install new disk Lacie flea market find

[jcarvalho]

Hi folks, i have found on flea market an Lacie Cloudbox for only 3 euros.
Turned it on and disk is dead
swaped for an known good 250gb hard drive and switched it on. the network lights on NIC lights up and the blue back light flashs like crazy and never stop (with or without any HD) and the device is not detected on network using advance ip scanner, lacie software for discover the device or that utility to detect and install custom firmware. am using an 2A 12V PSU.
Can the unit be damage beyond repair?
I am completely clueless about lacie devices...
Any guidelines?
Is it normal not be detected? I think that find it is the first step in order to get it working.
I dont want to spend money in an HD only to find that the lacie is damaged... The PCB generates hot, something is working but i dont know what...
Can someone give me a tip?
many thanks,
Jorge

[fvdw]

Hi, the cloudbox needs a disk specially setup and containing firmware. Just have a look in the download section if this forum for the fvdw-sl console. It contains a kernel that can be loaded in the cloudbox and runs in RAM. That standalone kernel can be used to check your hardware and prepare a disk and installing our custom firmware.

[jcarvalho]

Hi, I have tried the fvdw-sl assistant. When I do an auto scan the NIC lights of the lacie flashes but nothing is detected, in the admin router webpage nothing is shown
on ethernet connected devices
Cound be the PSU? Only 2 Amps
Any tips please???

[fvdw]

Yes of course the fvdw-sl assistant won't find it. You first need to install the fvdw-sl firmware on the disk.
To do that install the fvdw-sl console on your windows pc and use the option "install firmware " of the fvdw-sl console. Just folliw the instructions given by the console and read the help pages provided in the console

Edit: 2 A psu should be sufficient

[jcarvalho]

Hi!! First of all I want to thank you for your kind help. It is my first time to have such a device.
I am making some progress
I placed a 250 GB old disk on lacie with no partitions. I have made diskpart, select disk 1, clean in Windows
opened fvdw console
And selected "install fvdw-sl firmware"
Navigated to C:\Users\jcarvalho\Desktop\fvdw-sl-console-6-17-0-5jun2017-32bits\tftp\firmware\kirkwood
selected UIMAGE-466-KIRKWOOD-7 is this correct for cloudbox white case??

Then loged with root and password
answered the questions and got an error missing sda

How do I prepare a fresh new disk to install the system?

Many thanks!
Jorge






┌─────────────────────fvdw-sl firmware installer V: 3.1────────────────────────┐
│ use up/down arrow, number, to select your device │
│ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ 1 lacie kirkwood nwsp2,D2N2,isp2,nwsp2max │ │
│ │ 2 lacie kirkwood 2big2 │ │
│ │ 3 lacie kirkwood 5big2 │ │
│ │ 4 lacie kirkwood cloudbox │ │
│ │ 5 lacie kirkwood wireless space │ │
│ │ 6 lacie orion 5big vs1 │ │
│ │ 7 lacie orion 2big vs1 with u-boot 1.1.4 │ │
│ │ 8 lacie orion 2big vs1 with u-boot 1.1.1 │ │
│ │ 9 lacie orion internet space vs1 and other based on edmini_v2 board │ │
│ │ 10 lacie orion network space vs1 with original u-boot │ │
│ │ 11 lacie orion network space vs1 with upgraded u-boot │ │
│ │ 12 philips orion spd8020 with upgraded u-boot │ │
│ │ 13 not listed, abort script │ │
│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ < OK > <Cancel> │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘




fdisk: can't open '/dev/sda': No such device or address
diskid=none

There was an error detecting device sda, this device is required to install firmware.
Installer will exit
root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/ #

[fvdw]

If the kernel cannot find sda it means either:

1. The disk is defect
Not likely in your case as it works on your pc

2. The sata port of the cloudbox is defect
possible but not likelely, can you post the output of the command

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dmesg

after loading the standalone kernel and logging in with telnet client. This should show if sata port is recognized.

3. power supply not strong enough
Does the disk start spinning after the standalone kernel is loaded? If yes power supply is ok. If not try another power supply. Now 2 amp should be sufficient but sometimes piwer supply are dective and do not give the power specified on the casing

[Jocko]

Hi

Just to be sure :

I placed a 250 GB old disk on lacie with no partitions. I have made diskpart, select disk 1, clean in Windows
opened fvdw console

After cleaning the disk, did you put again the disk in lacie box before opening fvdw console?

[jcarvalho]

Hi

Just to be sure :

I placed a 250 GB old disk on lacie with no partitions. I have made diskpart, select disk 1, clean in Windows
opened fvdw console

After cleaning the disk, did you put again the disk in lacie box before opening fvdw console?

Hi Jocko!
Yes, I clean the disk in Windows XP (I am using an Pentium IV mobo to test disks that I find in flea market). Done the diskpart thing and placed in Lacie then I run the assistance to do the telnet thing.
The strange thing is that I cant ear the spining noise from the disk, but it is quiet even when installed on that windows xp rig. its a seagate pipeline hd 2.
I have tried to put the Barracuda disk that I use in Windows XP but got the same output.
So I can assume that the installer formats and partition the harddrive in an automatic way?

[jcarvalho]

If the kernel cannot find sda it means either:

1. The disk is defect
Not likely in your case as it works on your pc

2. The sata port of the cloudbox is defect
possible but not likelely, can you post the output of the command

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dmesg

after loading the standalone kernel and logging in with telnet client. This should show if sata port is recognized.

3. power supply not strong enough
Does the disk start spinning after the standalone kernel is loaded? If yes power supply is ok. If not try another power supply. Now 2 amp should be sufficient but sometimes piwer supply are dective and do not give the power specified on the casing

Hi! I will do the dmesg command and will paste the output here...
Could be the PSU, I am using an psu from an external usb disk. the psu is a generic /non branded one..

[jcarvalho]

output dmesg

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root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/ # dmesg
[    0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[    0.000000] Linux version 3.14.2 (root@fvdwsl-5big2.local) (gcc version 4.8.1 (GCC) ) #158 PREEMPT Sun Mar 5 01:29:06 CET 2017
[    0.000000] CPU: Feroceon 88FR131 [56251311] revision 1 (ARMv5TE), cr=00053977
[    0.000000] CPU: VIVT data cache, VIVT instruction cache
[    0.000000] Machine: familybox
[    0.000000] Ignoring unrecognised tag 0x41000403
[    0.000000] Memory policy: Data cache writeback
[    0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 65536
[    0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0971e20, node_mem_map cfdfb000
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 512 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 65536 pages, LIFO batch:15
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768 alloc=1*32768
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 65024
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 netconsole=6666@192.168.1.252/,6666@192.168.1.74/ cap=gpt,lba64
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[    0.000000] Memory: 249952K/262144K available (5904K kernel code, 217K rwdata, 1576K rodata, 1932K init, 232K bss, 12192K reserved)
[    0.000000] Virtual kernel memory layout:
[    0.000000]     vector  : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000   (   4 kB)
[    0.000000]     fixmap  : 0xfff00000 - 0xfffe0000   ( 896 kB)
[    0.000000]     vmalloc : 0xd0800000 - 0xff000000   ( 744 MB)
[    0.000000]     lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xd0000000   ( 256 MB)
[    0.000000]     modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xc0000000   (  16 MB)
[    0.000000]       .text : 0xc0008000 - 0xc0756418   (7482 kB)
[    0.000000]       .init : 0xc0757000 - 0xc093a194   (1933 kB)
[    0.000000]       .data : 0xc093c000 - 0xc0972680   ( 218 kB)
[    0.000000]        .bss : 0xc097268c - 0xc09ac88c   ( 233 kB)
[    0.000000] Preemptible hierarchical RCU implementation.
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS:114
[    0.000011] sched_clock: 32 bits at 166MHz, resolution 6ns, wraps every 25769803770ns
[    3.140177] Calibrating delay loop... 996.14 BogoMIPS (lpj=4980736)
[    3.230140] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    3.230286] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    3.230308] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    3.230896] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
[    3.231247] Setting up static identity map for 0x59c360 - 0x59c3b8
[    3.234116] VFP support v0.3: not present
[    3.234685] xor: measuring software checksum speed
[    3.330178]    arm4regs  :   908.000 MB/sec
[    3.430137]    8regs     :   545.600 MB/sec
[    3.530128]    32regs    :   755.200 MB/sec
[    3.530145] xor: using function: arm4regs (908.000 MB/sec)
[    3.530162] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[    3.530288] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    3.530688] DMA: preallocated 256 KiB pool for atomic coherent allocations
[    3.533617] Kirkwood: MV88F6281-A1, TCLK=166666667.
[    3.533644] Feroceon L2: Enabling L2
[    3.533682] Feroceon L2: Cache support initialised.
[    3.534812] familybox, skipping usb init
[    3.534823] initial MPP regs: 01002222 00003311 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[    3.534856]   final MPP regs: 01002222 00003311 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[    3.561560] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
[    3.731168] raid6: int32x1     86 MB/s
[    3.900448] raid6: int32x2    110 MB/s
[    4.070582] raid6: int32x4    104 MB/s
[    4.240605] raid6: int32x8    109 MB/s
[    4.240615] raid6: using algorithm int32x2 (110 MB/s)
[    4.240624] raid6: using intx1 recovery algorithm
[    4.241535] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    4.242005] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[    4.242906] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    4.243087] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    4.243288] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    4.245915] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[    4.246197] Switched to clocksource orion_clocksource
[    4.248586] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    4.249108] TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[    4.249151] TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[    4.249183] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)
[    4.249248] TCP: reno registered
[    4.249263] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    4.249286] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    4.249485] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    4.249774] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
[    4.249786] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[    4.249794] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[    4.249802] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
[    4.249813] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 32
[    4.417920] NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.97 (double precision)
[    4.419498] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: -1, 3072 bytes)
[    4.539503] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
[    4.539556] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    4.540031] NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type
[    4.540171] Key type id_resolver registered
[    4.540182] Key type id_legacy registered
[    4.540203] nfs4filelayout_init: NFSv4 File Layout Driver Registering...
[    4.540218] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
[    4.540323] NTFS driver 2.1.30 [Flags: R/W].
[    4.540360] jffs2: version 2.2. (NAND) (SUMMARY)  © 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[    4.540523] fuse init (API version 7.22)
[    4.541128] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled
[    4.541564] msgmni has been set to 488
[    4.542739] async_tx: api initialized (async)
[    4.542943] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
[    4.542956] io scheduler noop registered
[    4.542965] io scheduler deadline registered
[    4.542986] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[    4.543375] mv_xor mv_xor.0: Marvell shared XOR driver
[    4.580234] mv_xor mv_xor.0: Marvell XOR: ( xor cpy )
[    4.620150] mv_xor mv_xor.0: Marvell XOR: ( xor cpy )
[    4.620420] mv_xor mv_xor.1: Marvell shared XOR driver
[    4.660150] mv_xor mv_xor.1: Marvell XOR: ( xor cpy )
[    4.700148] mv_xor mv_xor.1: Marvell XOR: ( xor cpy )
[    4.706248] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 2 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
[    4.727404] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xf1012000 (irq = 33, base_baud = 10416666) is a 16550A
[    5.256285] console [ttyS0] enabled
[    5.269768] brd: module loaded
[    5.277738] loop: module loaded
[    5.282664] sata_mv sata_mv.0: version 1.28
[    5.282714] sata_mv sata_mv.0: cannot get optional clkdev
[    5.288154] sata_mv sata_mv.0: slots 32 ports 1
[    5.294763] scsi0 : sata_mv
[    5.298008] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 irq 21
[    5.304824] m25p80 spi0.0: mx25l4005a (512 Kbytes)
[    5.309789] Creating 2 MTD partitions on "spi_flash":
[    5.314931] 0x000000000000-0x00000007d000 : "u-boot"
[    5.321259] 0x00000007e000-0x00000007f000 : "u-boot-env"
[    5.329527] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[    5.334630] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
[    5.341125] ipddp.c:v0.01 8/28/97 Bradford W. Johnson <johns393@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
[    5.349404] ipddp0: Appletalk-IP Encap. mode by Bradford W. Johnson <johns393@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
[    5.365496] libphy: orion_mdio_bus: probed
[    5.369750] mv643xx_eth: MV-643xx 10/100/1000 ethernet driver version 1.4
[    5.380090] mv643xx_eth_port mv643xx_eth_port.0 eth0: port 0 with MAC address 00:d0:4b:93:b2:b6
[    5.388947] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[    5.393557] PPP Deflate Compression module registered
[    5.398592] PPP MPPE Compression module registered
[    5.403454] NET: Registered protocol family 24
[    5.408064] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
[    5.413778] pegasus: v0.9.3 (2013/04/25), Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet driver
[    5.421310] usbcore: registered new interface driver pegasus
[    5.427153] usbcore: registered new interface driver asix
[    5.432703] usbcore: registered new interface driver ax88179_178a
[    5.438941] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[    5.444918] usbcore: registered new interface driver net1080
[    5.450786] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_subset
[    5.456851] usbcore: registered new interface driver zaurus
[    5.462599] usbcore: registered new interface driver ipheth
[    5.468344] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ncm
[    5.474997] aoe: cannot create debugfs directory
[    5.479735] aoe: AoE v85 initialised.
[    5.484233] rtc-mv rtc-mv: rtc core: registered rtc-mv as rtc0
[    5.490277] i2c /dev entries driver
[    5.494599] md: linear personality registered for level -1
[    5.500058] md: raid0 personality registered for level 0
[    5.505405] md: raid1 personality registered for level 1
[    5.510791] md: raid10 personality registered for level 10
[    5.516398] md: raid6 personality registered for level 6
[    5.521735] md: raid5 personality registered for level 5
[    5.527024] md: raid4 personality registered for level 4
[    5.532566] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.27.0-ioctl (2013-10-30) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[    5.541231] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.6.0 loaded
[    5.546690] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[    5.553233] device-mapper: multipath queue-length: version 0.1.0 loaded
[    5.559825] device-mapper: multipath service-time: version 0.2.0 loaded
[    5.566494] device-mapper: dm-log-userspace: version 1.3.0 loaded
[    5.572590] device-mapper: raid: Loading target version 1.5.2
[    5.580901] ipip: IPv4 over IPv4 tunneling driver
[    5.586380] TCP: cubic registered
[    5.589736] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    5.595124] sit: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
[    5.600675] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    5.605359] NET: Registered protocol family 5
[    5.609795] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[    5.614156] NET: Registered protocol family 37
[    5.618633] Key type dns_resolver registered
[    5.624188] netpoll: netconsole: local port 6666
[    5.628788] netpoll: netconsole: local IPv4 address 192.168.1.252
[    5.634923] netpoll: netconsole: interface 'eth0'
[    5.639603] netpoll: netconsole: remote port 6666
[    5.644317] netpoll: netconsole: remote IPv4 address 192.168.1.74
[    5.650426] ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl F300)
[    5.655971] netpoll: netconsole: remote ethernet address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[    5.662847] netpoll: netconsole: device eth0 not up yet, forcing it
[    5.672071] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[    8.418446] mv643xx_eth_port mv643xx_eth_port.0 eth0: link up, 1000 Mb/s, full duplex, flow control disabled
[    8.428267] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[    8.437206] console [netcon0] enabled
[    8.440930] netconsole: network logging started
[    8.445940] input: gpio-keys as /devices/platform/gpio-keys/input/input0
[    8.453097] rtc-mv rtc-mv: setting system clock to 2000-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (946684800)
[    8.466975] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1932K (c0757000 - c093a000)
[   12.570620] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[   12.581091] ehci-orion: EHCI orion driver
[   12.592146] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
root@fvdw-sta-kirkwood:/ #