fvdw 16.1 - can't boot after power off

[jwrap]

Hey guys,

I installed the latest version of the fvdw firmware and everything worked fine until I powered off/on my device.
Now it can't boot and led is quick blinking.
I think the problem might be with u-boot but have not enough knowledge to investigate and fix.

Could you please advice ?

While installing the firmware I converted the partition table to MBR. Here is the output from fdisk:

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Disk /dev/sda: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/sda1               9          72      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sda2              73         136      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sda3             137         200      514080  82 Linux swap
/dev/sda4             201      243200  1951897500   5 Extended
/dev/sda5             209         312      835380  83 Linux
/dev/sda6             321         328       64260  83 Linux
/dev/sda7             337         400      514080  83 Linux
/dev/sda8             409      243200  1950226740  83 Linux


As I was able to reboot from web interface previously I believe the partition table is ok.

Thanks,
Nick

[fvdw]

Quick blinking indicates in most cases that the bootloader can not access the disk or fails very early in the boot process because of corrupt files.
As you could reboot after installation I think it is not a boot loader nor partition table issue but a hard disk problem. Bad sectors or near dying. How confident are you about the harddisk you use?
To try to find out why it won't boot you could do following as first step.
What happens if you load again the standalone kernel via the fvdw-sl console and mount partition sda7

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mkdir sda7
mount /dev/sda7 /sda7

After that post the output of this command

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cat /sda7/boot.log

[jwrap]

Failed to mound sda7, here is the output:

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root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/mnt # /usr/sbin/mount /dev/sda7 sda7
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda7,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so


My lacie box with original firmware failed suddenly so I decided to install fvdw.
Had some problems and finally put the disk off and made low level format. After that all Segate checks passed.

[fvdw]

I suggest you test it again, as partition 7 lost it file system and that can only happen if you have a failing disk or if you erased it! by purpose.

You could reinstall the firmware once more. But I would no trust this disk if it fails again

[Jocko]

You could reinstall the firmware once more. But I would no trust this disk if it fails again

Yes that smells a badblock issue with superblock corrupted

[jwrap]

Ok, will re-test it and try install firmware one more time after.
Btw, if I decide to buy new disk, should it be Segate or any other (WD?) will work with fvdw ?

dmesg output

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[  127.794117]         72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[  127.800778]         00 52 a8 f8
[  127.804093] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 
[  127.807254] ASC=0x11 ASCQ=0x4
[  127.810245] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[  127.813732] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 52 a8 e8 00 00 08 00
[  127.819099] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 5417192
[  127.824680] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Unhandled sense code
[  127.829485] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 
[  127.832632] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
[  127.837351] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 
[  127.840495] Sense Key : 0x3 [current] [descriptor]
[  127.845326] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
[  127.851532]         72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00
[  127.858190]         00 52 a8 f8
[  127.861506] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 
[  127.864648] ASC=0x11 ASCQ=0x4
[  127.867659] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] CDB:
[  127.871145] cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 52 a8 f0 00 00 08 00
[  127.876521] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 5417200
[  127.882094] ata1: EH complete
[  127.885330] JBD: recovery failed
[  127.888989] EXT3-fs (sda7): error loading journal


[Jocko]

There is no significant difference on the red disks for NAS between seagate and WD.

I have a bit preference for WD as I had some bad experiences with seagate disks...

[fvdw]

I use WD and seagate both with good results.

Ps your dmesg output clearly indicate that there is a problem with this disk