reinstall firmware on lacie cloudbox

[apriscatole]

Hi, I replace the disk on a lacie cloudbox, but I'm not being able to reinstall the firmware, the console is in a state called "not responding"

There is a guide to help me installing the new firmware? what's the u-boot file?

I'm being crazy

thanks

dario

[Jocko]

Hi apriscatole,

What firmware do you want to install? FVDW-SL or Lacie firmware ?

Note: you do not need to update the bootloader

[olof64]

Hi!
Im having a similar problem. After a HDD crash on my Cloudbox 3TB I got myself a brand new shiny 3TB.
What to do? I dont care about the old disk, I just want the new one to work with the cloudbox.

Is there a really good "howto install... For Dummies" anywhere?

I have absolutely no experience of fvdw firmware but as long as it works its fine by me.
Ive had no problems with the LCB firmware but as far as I know there is no way to reinstall ? Am I wrong?

Thankful for any input/help regarding this.

[apriscatole]

Hi apriscatole,

What firmware do you want to install? FVDW-SL or Lacie firmware ?

Note: you do not need to update the bootloader

the FVDW-SL is the best firmware for the lacie cloudbox?

I try using the lacie firmware and I try to explain what I do with the LACIE official tools:

-I download the lacie nwtwork assistant and the lacie capsule file
-I click on the restore option on the lacie netw assistant
-I select the lacie capsule

But I have no result ( I wait about 1 hour )

at this time the nas have the orange led blinking.... and I'm not able to reset (I think ) the u-boot image

It's a problem if I don't have a 192.168.0.X ip addres and I'm in a public network ( I'm at work and I have publics IP)

[Jocko]

I try using the lacie firmware and I try to explain what I do with the LACIE official tools:

-I download the lacie nwtwork assistant and the lacie capsule file
-I click on the restore option on the lacie netw assistant
-I select the lacie capsule

But I have no result ( I wait about 1 hour )

at this time the nas have the orange led blinking.... and I'm not able to reset (I think ) the u-boot image

:disapprove
With an empty disk, you can not use LACIE tools to re-install the firmware.
AFAIK, there is no tuto how to re-install it.

the FVDW-SL is the best firmware for the lacie cloudbox?

Make yourself your opinion as you have an empty disk and with fvdw-sl console it is easy to install it :roll:

[pauldays]

I have a 2TB Cloudbox and the LED is blinking fast. I read i can use the tools in here to fix my drive that wont boot. Id like to keep the stock lacie firmware.

[fvdw]

there can be several reasons, most likely the lacie fimrware is hanging in the boot process, a good topic to read with a solution for one of the causes can be found here
The tile is different but behavior of your cloudbox seems to be similar
http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=277&t=17409

ps the cause might be different on your nas..

[pauldays]

Thank you sir,

this is what i got on step 2:

root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/ # gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.5

Partition table scan:
MBR: not present
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: not present

Creating new GPT entries.
Disk /dev/sda: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 3907029101 sectors (1.8 TiB)

Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/ #

I did before hand extract all my personal data, via ThermalTake Drive bay. But I really want to bring my Cloudbox back to life with the original firmware. I have a NS2 with your firmware already.

[fvdw]

Seems your disk doesn't has no partition table. If that is true then all data on it is lost and no repair of the firmware is possible. Only a new install ofcpartition table and firmware will bring it back to life.

What did you exactly do? Loosing the partition table is in principle not possible unless the disk is defect or specific commands have been given to delete it

What does this command give as output?

Code: Select all

fdisk -l /dev/sda

[pauldays]

During a storm, we had a power outage. When power came back on, the Cloudbox just stayed blinking. Ironically all my WD drives are fine.... We'll after trying LaCie recovery and no-go, I extracted the drive, ran ReclaimE and copied all the contents from the shared where my files were to a MyBook Live i have. Then I re-inserted the drive and now I'm doing this.