To recap, here are my steps :
LAcie 5BIG2 is off.
Has 2 network, 2 USB, 2esata.
Network cable is plugged into LAN1.
Has SEagate 3TB Hdd in Bay 1 (left most)
Start console, run standalone kernel.
Select UIMAGE-3142-NWSP2CL-KIRKWOOD-24-alone
Follow instrucions from Install fvdw sl firmware helpfile.
Onto your queries.
From the 3TB HDD :
root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/ # gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.5
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sda: 5860533168 sectors, 2.7 TiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): B6FDC30C-6427-4C27-BC1F-4655C19763F2
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 5860533134
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 4062 sectors (2.0 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 4096 1052671 512.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem
2 1052672 2101247 512.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem
3 2101248 3149823 512.0 MiB 8200 Linux swap
4 3149824 3166207 8.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem
5 3166208 4739071 768.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem
6 4739072 4755455 8.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem
7 4755456 5804031 512.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem
8 5804032 5860533134 2.7 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem
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root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/sda7 # ls -al
total 96
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Dec 30 2014 .
drwxrwxrwt 13 root root 340 Jan 1 00:01 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 30 2014 .mldonkey -> /share/1000/mldonkey
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 30 2014 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 30 2014 bin_cab
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 25 2013 boot
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 30 2014 clunc
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 12288 Dec 30 2014 dev
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Dec 30 2014 direct-usb -> ./share/1000
drwxrwxrwx 18 root root 4096 Apr 11 2015 etc
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 22 2014 lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 30 2014 linuxrc -> bin/busybox
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jan 3 2008 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 30 2014 mail
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 27 2008 nowhere
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Dec 30 2014 opt
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Mar 5 2011 proc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 3 2008 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 30 2014 sbin
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Mar 5 2011 share
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Dec 30 2014 sys
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Dec 30 2014 usr
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 9 2012 var
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root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/sda7 # cat boot.log
cat: can't open 'boot.log': No such file or directory
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root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/ # dmesg | grep command
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200
netconsole=6666@192.168.1.252/,6666@192.168.1.250/