Fail to install fvdw-sl

[jahotinc]

Hello Again,

A year ago i asked for help whit my 5big1 and i get it to work again with your firmware. I didn't go any farther with it and now i was trying (again) to make it work. I have started from 0 because i needed the disks and i had to format them.

I have downloaded the last version of fvdw-sl-console and it seems that 5big1 is an option now, so i have tried to install from it. Everything works, but when i have to access to the 5big1 using the web interface, it does not work. The assistant does not find the NAS neither so i think that the install process fails somewhere. I have also tried to follow the instructions and the software provided earlier in this thread but the result is the same.

Please, can you help me? what am i doing wrong?

Thank you in advance.

jahotinc

[Jocko]

Hi jahotinc,

As by default, the NAS ip is provided by DHCP server, do you have enabled the DCHP server on your router ?

Note: with b1gnas's topic, it seems that the partitions sd[abcde]8 are not rightly set if your have AF disks and then you have issue to build raid.

So if it is your purpose, before building the raid, you will need to fix the partition issue.

[jahotinc]

Hello Jocko,

Yes, i have DHCP enabled in my router. The console asks for an IP and it gives it to the NAS, at least the installation process uses that IP. Does the IP changes after the setup process?

I don't want to build RAID for the moment, i only want to have some extra Tb of space.

The thing is that the other time, a year ago, i saw the nas working and i can't understand whiy it is not working now.

Thank you !

[Jocko]

With fvdw-sl console we can look at boot.log content of the last boot.

So load the standalone kernel for 5big1 to get a telnet access.

In telnet, do

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mkdir /sda7
mount /dev/sda7
cat /sda7/boot.log

if boot.log says booting using sda1 file system... (or booting using sda2 file system...) you need to mount this fs partition to get the full boot.log file, so do

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mkdir /sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /sda1
cat /sda1/boot.log

(I assume the nas uses sda1)

And post here boot.log content.

[jahotinc]

I have followed your instructions

mkdir /sda7
mount /dev/sda7 /sda7
cat /sda7/boot.log

but /sda7/boot.log does not exist. My linux is very limited so i don't know what to do next.

Thanks !

[Jocko]

Hi jahotinc,

if there is no boot.log file on sda7 that means that uboot failed to find the kernel on sda6.

When you formatted the sda disk, did you have several disks plugged? (with 5big1, there is an issue for updating dev nodes and so sda is not really sda....)

[jahotinc]

No, i have only one disc plugged (1,5 Tb)

At the begggining of the installation process, it asked if i wanted MBR or GPT. I think i trid both but i don't know if makes sense to choose GPT with 1,5Tb disks.

[Jocko]

Hi jahotinc,

As the boot-loader supports only msdos table, if you used gpt table on sda, your nas can not boot.

So check your partition table, in a telnet window, do

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 gdisk -l /dev/sda

[jahotinc]

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(none) login: root
Password:
root@(none):/ # gdisk -l /dev/sda
-sh: gdisk: not found
root@(none):/ # fdisk -l /dev/sda
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT

Disk /dev/sda: 2930277168 sectors, 2794M
Logical sector size: 512
Disk identifier (GUID): 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 2930277134

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            4096         1052671       1024K   0700  Linux filesystem
   2         1052672         2101247       1024K   0700  Linux filesystem
   3         2101248         3149823       1024K   0700  Linux swap
   4         3149824         3166207       16384   0700  Linux filesystem
   5         3166208         4739071       1536K   0700  Linux filesystem
   6         4739072         4755455       16384   0700  Linux filesystem
   7         4755456         5804031       1024K   0700  Linux filesystem
   8         5804032      2930277134       2788M   0700  Linux filesystem
root@(none):/ #


gdisk did not work, so i tried with fdisk. Don't know if they give the same information.

it seems that there is GPT so i guess i have to reinstall using DOS ...

[jahotinc]

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(none) login: root
Password:
root@(none):/ # gdisk -l /dev/sda
-sh: gdisk: not found
root@(none):/ # fdisk -l /dev/sda
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT

Disk /dev/sda: 2930277168 sectors, 2794M
Logical sector size: 512
Disk identifier (GUID): 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 2930277134

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            4096         1052671       1024K   0700  Linux filesystem
   2         1052672         2101247       1024K   0700  Linux filesystem
   3         2101248         3149823       1024K   0700  Linux swap
   4         3149824         3166207       16384   0700  Linux filesystem
   5         3166208         4739071       1536K   0700  Linux filesystem
   6         4739072         4755455       16384   0700  Linux filesystem
   7         4755456         5804031       1024K   0700  Linux filesystem
   8         5804032      2930277134       2788M   0700  Linux filesystem
root@(none):/ #


gdisk did not work, so i tried with fdisk. Don't know if they give the same information.