Is it possible to install version 16 from stock LaCie firmw?

[Jocko]

Surely you are right that it may confuse a newbie but this howto is an old way to install the firmware: the usual way is to use the fvdw-sl console.

But indeed forlinux men that don't have a microsoft OS, there is an issue

[Cubytus]

Well I could call a friend for her to lend me her Windows machine, but I am unsure of the performance on Windows 8, and it is impractical for those who have Macs but don't always buy into the Apple ecosystem.

I hsve a virtual Windows, but for such tasks implying low-level access to an external device, it fails more often than not.

[Cubytus]

- step (i) create the new partition table and store on the disk
The guide uses an old partition table settings and it can occur issues with AF disk. You must use this new partition table (viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1143&p=7081#p7079).
So change the start and stop value for each partition.

I am currently stuck there: the new partition model states the start and end cylinders of each partition, but doesn't provide detail how to switch:
1- partition type (primary or extended)" 5 to 8 are logical partitions of the 4 extended partition, as I understand it.
2- partition format (I guess all are ext3, save for the swap)

Posts http://plugout.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1143&p=7081#p7079 linked to http://plugout.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&p=4394#p4394 give different information. My disk also bears an AF mark, but is not a WD, just stock Seagate as it comes in the CloudBox.

In Linux we can also use the GUI-driven GParted, easier to understand than fdisk's or parted commands, but sadly it doesn't display in cylinders (deprecated option). What are the sizes in MiB?

[Jocko]

So for step I do:
Start again fdisk
fdisk /dev/sdb

create partition 1
use the command: n
it will respond with
command action
e extended
p primary (1-4)
type p as command and hit enter
now you get as response
Partition number (1-4):
type 1 behind it and hit enter
then you get as response
first cylinder 1-243201, default 1):
type 9 behind it and hit enter
response
last cylinder or...:
type 72 behind it and hit enter

create partition 2
n
p
2
73
136

create partition 3
n
p
3
137
200
make partition 3 type swap
type t as command
enter partition number 3
enter as hex code 82

create partition 4 (this is an extended partition)
n
e <---note the difference !!
4
201
xxxxxxx
create partition 5 (no choice possible anymore for primary of extended, the additional partition will be made automatically in the extended partition)
n
209
312

create partition 6
n
321
328

create partition 7
n
337
400

create partition 8
n
409
xxxxxxxxx

Note sdb4 and sdb8 size must be divisable by 8. So, with a 1,5TB disk, the end cylinder is :
xxxxxxx= (disknbmaxcylinders-y - 200) , choose y between 0 and 7 where xxxxxx will be divisable by 8

So if your disk has :
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, xxxxxx is equal to 182400 :
(182401 - 1 - 200)/8=22775 => ok!

So just follow this ...

[Cubytus]

Ok, I followed this, installed both images as stated in the first page of this topic, re-installed the disk in its enclosure, but now only port 23 is open. I guess it means it's not fully working yet.

What should I do?

[Jocko]

Hi Cubytus,

Maybe you confuse port 22 and 23 because there is no telnet server with fvdw-sl. So can you explain what you mean with " but now only port 23 is open".
Do you have only a root access with Putty (SSH access) after rebooting the NAS ?

[Cubytus]

No, this isn't a mistake. I looked at the router's DHCP table to find NAS' IP, and ran a port scan on that IP. Only port 23 is open.

[Jocko]

That means that you copied a wrong kernel image on sda6. Only standalone kernel has a telnet server running.

With version 15.1, you must use only this kernel file UIMAGE-395-NWSPCL-199

[Cubytus]

Indeed this is the command I used:

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# dd if=/home/usager/Téléchargements/fvdw15/tftp/UIMAGE-395-NWSP2CL-179-standalone of=/dev/sdc6

There were only two files named like UIMAGE, both ending in ... -standalone in the archive under the tftp folder.

Are files missing from the 15.3 archive?

[Jocko]

So you did not note that the files are in the sub-folder nwsp2

First download the fvdw-sl console package (32 or 64bits), in this package you will find in tftp>nwsp2, two files :
- xfvdw-sl-15-1-nwsp2-18feb2014.img (firmware image)
- UIMAGE-395-NWSPCL-199 (kernel)