RE: Need help with install Debian on INTEL SS4000-e
Hi JFS,
Thanks for your advice. That's right i deleted the complete flash memory.
I only have redboot without rammode installed
I'm going to try the first proposal. I will let you know if it worked.
Gr. Henk
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Van: JF Straeten [mailto:jfstraeten@scarlet.be]
Verzonden: zaterdag 29 september 2012 20:29
Aan: debian-arm@lists.debian.org
Onderwerp: Re: Need help with install Debian on INTEL SS4000-e
LO Henk,
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 09:59:14PM +0200, Henk Smit wrote:
[...]
> First I enabled the SSH server on the default NAS software, and tried
> to update the system with the ss4000e.pkg software file (no changes to
> the system).
(Not usefull/relevant. IIRC, the ss4000e.pkg is intented to be loaded
through the origial web interface of the device.)
> After this I downloaded the Debian installation files from the
> internet (initrd.zg and Zimage). With HyperTerminal and a serial cable
> connected to the NAS. The system reboots and I hit the control-C
> buttons to interrupt the system. To make a clean system I did erase
> the FIS memory by the fis inid command. The hard disk cannot be
> recognized at this moment and there is no connection possible via
> putty.
You shouldn't delete anything at first to install Debian on it, and by doing
this, I think you've deleted the 'rammode' of the device, which is necessary
to get access to the network for installation :-(
> Below are the commands used to write the files in the flash memory:
>
> - fis init (format all the flash apart from redboot)
Sorry, but not a good idea. You need 'rammode' to install Debian...
[...]
> Now the installation begins, after a while I get the following error
> message
>
> +No network interfaces found
By doing 'fis load rammode', you'll have gained access to the network...
[...]
> RedBoot> exec -c "console=ttyS0,115200 rw root=/dev/ram
mem=256M@0xa0000000"
> -r 0x01800000 -w 5
[...]
> [ 2.504301] No filesystem could mount root, tried:
>
> [ 2.509244] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block(1,0)
If I understand right, Debian installer boots correctly, but the root FS is
not in ram anymore (root=/dev/ram) since you wrote it on the flash, but I'm
unsure...
> I hope someone can help me with this problem.
I've several ideas to get you back on the right side, but unsure of the
result.
So I will state them at first, and if nobody objects (perhaps Arnaud has a
better idea ?), you can try them in order :
1. alter the boot exec line to mention the correct root=<device>
instead of /dev/ram.
Your initrd should be on one of the mtdblockX listed by d-i :
[ 2.475118] List of all partitions:
[ 2.478788] 1f00 256 mtdblock0 (driver?)
[ 2.483889] 1f01 4352 mtdblock1 (driver?)
[ 2.489010] 1f02 1408 mtdblock2 (driver?)
[ 2.494104] 1f03 4 mtdblock3 (driver?)
[ 2.499216] 1f04 128 mtdblock4 (driver?)
My guess is for the second one, if creation of the blocks follows
the before list in same order :
[ 2.333736] Creating 5 MTD partitions on "physmap-flash.0":
[ 2.339375] 0x000000000000-0x000000040000 : "RedBoot"
[ 2.347736] 0x000000040000-0x000000480000 : "ramdisk.gz"
[ 2.356682] 0x000000480000-0x0000005e0000 : "zImage"
[snip]
Ramdisk seems to be the second one.
So try to issue the following exec line :
RedBoot> exec -c "console=ttyS0,115200 rw root=/dev/mtd1
RedBoot> mem=256M@0xa0000000" -r 0x01800000
But : a) I'm not sure at all it will work (the partition /dev/mtdX
doesn't seem to be recognized from the list above which state
'1f0X')
b) trying also the other ones won't hurt (mtd[0-4]), just in case ;
2. reinstall the IPStor crap, with the supplied CD-Rom, and restart
cleanly from there.
You'll need a Window$ machine and in theory, the software on this
CD should be able to detect the misfunctionning of the nas and
restore the missing files on the flash.
3. simply copy a original rammode file (and perhaps other files too)
from another same nas ?
You seem to be confident with fis unlock/create commands and can
perhaps restore manualy the content of the flash, to go from a
known and clean state ?
It's just some ideas...
The 1 can be tried. At worst, it won't work.
But for the 2 et 3, since they alter the flash, my advice is to wait a
couple or hours for possible comments from the list before trying anything.
Hih though,
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JFS.
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