Seagate Dockstar Discussion and Tutorial Thread

Hey, It seems My Dockstar has stopped booting into debian. I can only boot into Pogoplug. here is output of fw_printenv

Code: 
bootcmd=run bootcmd_usb; usb stop; run bootcmd_pogo; reset

baudrate=115200

arcNumber=2097

mainlineLinux=yes

console=ttyS0,115200

usb_init=usb start

usb_device=0:1

usb_root=/dev/sda1

usb_rootfstype=ext2

usb_rootdelay=10

mtdparts=mtdparts=orion_nand:1M(u-boot),4M(uImage),32M(rootfs),-(data)

mtdids=nand0=orion_nand

partition=nand0,2

bootcmd_pogo=fsload uboot-original-mtd0.kwb; go 0x800200

usb_load_uimage=mw 0x800000 0 1; ext2load usb $usb_device 0x800000 /boot/uImage

usb_boot=if ext2load usb $usb_device 0x1100000 /boot/uInitrd; then bootm 0x800000 0x1100000;else bootm 0x800000;fi;

set_bootargs_usb=setenv bootargs console=$console root=$usb_root rootdelay=$usb_rootdelay rootfstype=$usb_rootfstype $mtdparts

bootcmd_usb=run usb_init; run usb_load_uimage; run set_bootargs_usb; run usb_boot;

led_init=green blinking

led_exit=green off

led_error=orange blinking

stdin=serial

stdout=serial

stderr=serial

ethact=egiga0

ethaddr=00:10:75:1A:90:29

bootdelay=15

serverip=192.168.1.10

ipaddr=192.168.1.6

if_netconsole=ping $serverip

start_netconsole=setenv ncip $serverip; setenv bootdelay 10; setenv stdin nc; setenv stdout nc; setenv stderr nc; version;

preboot=run if_netconsole start_netconsole

Is attaching Serial Cable only way to recover or there is some other way. If I *have* to use the serial cable, then I have already got Nokia CA-42 cable with me. tried attaching it dockstar but didn't get any output on minicom. I tried using netconsole too, but same result. no output at all

Please help recover
 
Maybe the USB installation got corrupt or something. Try running the installer using a different pendrive?

Btw use a ext3 partition, the filesystem corruption after a power failure was greatly reduced when I moved to ext3 :)
 
varkey said:
Maybe the USB installation got corrupt or something. Try running the installer using a different pendrive?
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Which installer are you referring to?

Btw use a ext3 partition, the filesystem corruption after a power failure was greatly reduced when I moved to ext3 :)
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Already using. so its a non-issue
 
Gaurish said:
I have already got Nokia CA-42 cable with me. tried attaching it dockstar but didn't get any output on minicom. I tried using netconsole too, but same result. no output at all

Please help recover
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Try swapping the TX and RX wires of the cable.
 
Thanks Varkey, I will try...

Regards
Jijo

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Hi,
I have a SATA 250GB internal HD and SATA to usb adaptor with me and am planning to connect to Dockstar instead of External HD/Usb.

Have anyone tried the same ?

Regards,
Jijo
 
dantool said:
can a person like me with absolutely no knowledge of linux accomplish the hacking of dockstar for downloading torrents?
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Either you should have some knowledge or you should ready to make some efforts searching for solutions
 
i have already gone through all the posts of this thread, is there a guide like debian install instructions

for the dummies :P

would be easier to install debian or pogoplus? my main motive is torrent download.
 
I am using Debian dockstar for 24/7 torrent downloading. I have 320GB external USB hard disk connected, it's two partitions, one for root and another for torrent using ext4, it all working fine without any errors.

partition 1 - / - 10GB

partition 2 - /sg320 - 305GB

partition 3 - /swap - 5GB

When i start downloading, the size of the root file system gets increasing even it's not downloading anything to rootfs. When i checked with find command, it shows /proc/5/root/sg320 having maximum size, where sg320 is the second partition where torrent download saves. After downloading some extent rootfs comes to 100% (du -h) and all the torrent gets paused by transmission says no space left on device.

Is anyone faced same issues, any comments ?

Regards

Jijo
 
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