[SOLVED] After a firmware upgrade, blinking blue, lost 5Big2

[Jocko]

Note with this last file, when you change the admin password, it changes also the root password :thumbup

So post

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ls -al /shares
ls -al /shares/Share/recovery

[Glaven Clattuck]

Ok

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[root@LaCie-5big /]# ls -la /shares
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          4096 Jun 14 22:25 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          4096 Jun 12 13:03 ..
drwxrwxrwx   27 root     root          4096 Jun 14 22:26 Concerti
drwxrwxrwx    6 root     root            94 Jun 14 22:25 Film
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root            19 Jun 14 22:25 Public
drwxrwxrwx    9 root     root          4096 Jun 14 22:30 Share
[root@LaCie-5big /]# ls -la /shares/Share
drwxrwxrwx    9 root     root          4096 Jun 14 22:30 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          4096 Jun 14 22:25 ..
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          4096 Jun 14 22:30 .AppleDB
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     users           21 Jun 12 18:42 .AppleDesktop
drwxrwxrwx    2 admin    users           36 Jun 14 22:30 .AppleDouble
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users         6148 Jun 14 22:30 .DS_Store
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root            25 Jun 12 18:46 .lacie
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     users           25 Jun 12 18:42 Network Trash Folder
drwxrwxrwx    8 root     root            89 Jun 12 18:46 Recovery
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     users           25 Jun 12 18:42 Temporary Items
[root@LaCie-5big /]# ls -la /shares/Share/Recovery
drwxrwxrwx    8 root     root            89 Jun 12 18:46 .
drwxrwxrwx    9 root     root          4096 Jun 14 22:30 ..
drwxrwxrwx    2 admin    users           20 Jun 12 18:46 .AppleDouble
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root            25 Jun 12 18:46 .lacie
drwxrwxrwx  214 root     root         20480 Jun 12 23:06 Concerti
drwxrwxrwx   23 root     root         86016 Jun  8 21:10 Film
drwxrwxrwx    7 root     root          4096 May 29 17:11 Public
drwxrwxrwx    9 root     root          4096 Jun  8 21:40 Share


a bit of explanation

In the /shares/ the 3 volumes Concerti, Film and Public have the same name that those in /shares/Share/Recovery/

but the content is not the same. On the first Concerti, there are files that yesterday I was moving manually via browser, but Film is empty. In practice, almost all of my files are in the directory Recovery.

So can i use the famous mv command now?

[Jocko]

So now do this command for example on Concerti

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mv -n /shares/Share/Recovery/Concerti/*  /shares/Concerti

(flag n <=> do not overwrite an existing file in destination)

[Glaven Clattuck]

So now do this command for example on Concerti

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mv -n /shares/Share/Recovery/Concerti/*  /shares/Concerti

(flag n <=> do not overwrite an existing file in destination)

i think that the version of mv on Lacie OS is not enough...

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[root@LaCie-5big /]# mv -n /shares/Share/Recovery/Concerti/*  /shares/Concerti
mv: invalid option -- n
BusyBox v1.16.2 (2011-12-12 16:37:39 UTC) multi-call binary.

Usage: mv [OPTIONS] SOURCE DEST
or: mv [OPTIONS] SOURCE... DIRECTORY

Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY

Options:
   -f   Don't prompt before overwriting
   -i   Interactive, prompt before overwrite



[Jocko]

So do not you use the flag n but use the flag f instead, it will overwrite the existing files (but it is not an issue as we know they have the same content)

[Glaven Clattuck]

Started.
but the response was:

[root@LaCie-5big /]# mv -f /shares/Share/Recovery/Concerti/* /shares/Concerti
mv: can't remove '/shares/Concerti/Beethoven Symphonies N. 1-9 (Disc 3)': Is a directory

[Jocko]

The issue is in destination.

As you already copied some files on it with subfolders, mv failed.
Currently, are there many files in /shares/Concerti ?

[Glaven Clattuck]

The issue is in destination.

As you already copied some files on it with subfolders, mv failed.
Currently, are there many files in /shares/Concerti ?

26 dirs
now i retype the mv command, and not message for now (good or bad). cross my finger.

[Jocko]

As you have huge data, put mv command in background and detach it from the terminal is required if you want to close the window.

otherwise if you close the terminal, mv command will be aborted.

So in another terminal window do :

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ps -ef

and note the pid value of the mv command and then do in this 2d terminal

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kill -20 PID
kill -18 PID

where PID is the pid value of the running mv command

Then you should be able to close the first terminal window without aborting the mv command

Close it and repeat the ps command in the 2d window you should still see the move command

[Glaven Clattuck]

my friend, after 20 hours the moving process from upon volume to another is not accomplished yet.
This makes me say that operate form terminal via console and mv command, don't speed up the process.
The great advantage is that the operation go forward even with the Mac power off.

Beyond that, I think the time has come to thank you and to consider this case closed. :hail
So we can put the prefix [SOLVED] in the thread title. :-D :-D :-D