**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Sep 04 02:59:57 2009 Sep 04 08:23:02 hello all. Sep 04 13:53:53 Reedy: it seems that I dfound a way to install debian on my favorite little NAS ... Sep 04 13:53:59 not easy though .. Sep 04 14:03:25 Hello everybody. Has anyone managed to install NSLU2-Linux on a ds-108j from Synology? Sep 04 14:03:32 I've seen pages about 101j on the wiki, and HW seems similar, but found nothing about 108... Sep 04 14:03:53 nop ... terastation duo for me ... Sep 04 14:09:16 Ok, thanks for the info. Sep 04 14:09:26 I'm still browsing through the wiki Sep 04 14:10:35 I'm new to all of this stuff and I must admit it's quite confusing: NSLU2-Linux, different firmwares... Sep 04 14:10:52 let's say that the best way is to ... practice ... Sep 04 14:11:11 already broke my TeraDuo twice ... restored .. now I am iin the middle of the debian installer :-) Sep 04 14:11:42 lol Sep 04 14:13:00 it looks like I need a serial cable... Sep 04 14:28:54 hmmm .. never tried the Synology Sep 04 14:29:02 but Iwas hesitating buying one ... Sep 04 14:29:10 which cpu is it ? it's an Arm isn't it ? Sep 04 14:32:40 http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/DS101/HardwareList Sep 04 14:32:40 Motorola FreeScale (ppc) Sep 04 14:32:40 The problem I have is that I have dma issues with my HD and Synology firmware uses a 2.4 linux kernel: I wanted to try a newer one. Sep 04 14:33:00 arf Sep 04 14:35:13 I am glad I bought a terastation Duo Sep 04 14:35:14 :p Sep 04 14:35:21 :) Sep 04 14:35:37 running a 2.4 .. would piss me off Sep 04 14:36:22 but I quiet new to all that .. Sep 04 14:36:32 but can't you try your new kernel with kexec ? Sep 04 14:37:18 I've just started investigating and I'm quite new to all of this stuff. I was still trying to understand the differences between the firmwares :) Sep 04 14:37:29 how does kexec work? Sep 04 14:38:28 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RapidReboot Sep 04 14:38:37 don't know if you actual kernel support it or not Sep 04 14:38:46 iI was just considerng the possibility for me Sep 04 14:39:00 thanks. I'll check this out Sep 04 14:39:00 but I don't need it at all as I *just* installed my debian Sep 04 15:04:02 debian on terastation duo : *INSTALLED* Sep 04 16:03:38 hi Sep 04 16:09:43 hi Sep 04 16:10:32 I got performance issues with my debian turbo slug. Connected on a 100MBit router, I got max. 900kb/s transfer rate at a Samba copy process . Eth0 is running with fullduplex at 100Mbit, hdparm -tT says for the drive: Sep 04 16:10:32 cached reads = 73.30mb / sec and buffered reads =14.84mb/s Sep 04 16:10:42 anyone an idea for that issue? Sep 04 16:11:02 hmm... no... but I would say that you can try : Sep 04 16:11:19 socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=20480 SO_RCVBUF=20480 Sep 04 16:11:23 in your smb.conf Sep 04 16:11:23 :) Sep 04 16:11:42 thanks, i will give this a try :) Sep 04 16:14:37 oh it is still slow :( Sep 04 16:15:02 you have restarted correctly ? sure that the parameters are taken into account ? Sep 04 16:15:12 i only restarted samba Sep 04 16:15:22 /etc/init.d/samba restart Sep 04 16:15:36 is a system reboot required? Sep 04 16:17:37 is the performance of the hd ok? Sep 04 16:17:45 non non Sep 04 16:17:53 oups .. Sep 04 16:17:55 no no I meant Sep 04 16:18:01 damn french people Sep 04 16:18:11 ^^ Sep 04 16:18:20 I don't know about the read perf of the hdd Sep 04 16:18:22 serial-ata ? Sep 04 16:18:27 yes Sep 04 16:18:29 via usb2.0 Sep 04 16:18:37 ah. Sep 04 16:19:01 are you sure that EHCI module is loaded ? (ie. usb2.0 running as usb2.0 and not usb1.1) Sep 04 16:19:20 should be by default ... Sep 04 16:19:24 I think .. Sep 04 16:19:27 not sure ... Sep 04 16:19:30 i check it Sep 04 16:19:32 mom Sep 04 16:19:39 well, there is a LOT of things that I am not sure about ... but still ... Sep 04 16:19:45 :-) Sep 04 16:23:05 hmm Sep 04 16:23:09 lsusb means Sep 04 16:23:10 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Sep 04 16:23:10 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Sep 04 16:23:41 but the hd is on bus001 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6254 Alcor Micro Corp. Sep 04 16:42:18 couldn't say like that ... Sep 04 16:43:05 ls /proc/bus/usb/devices should help you Sep 04 16:43:09 do a gre ehci on it Sep 04 16:43:14 "grep ehci" Sep 04 16:43:30 for my root-hub usb I have Sep 04 16:43:31 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.28-15-generic ehci_hcd Sep 04 16:43:39 ehci <= usb2.0 Sep 04 16:43:40 :) Sep 04 16:49:06 yes me too Sep 04 16:49:14 S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.26-2-ixp4xx ehci_hcd Sep 04 16:50:22 the hd is connected via hub, i will plug it diretly in the slug Sep 04 16:50:28 good then .. the problem is most probably not usb module related Sep 04 16:50:33 have you tried another disk ? Sep 04 16:50:34 5miun Sep 04 16:50:37 yes Sep 04 16:50:45 no, got only one Sep 04 16:50:51 ah ok. Sep 04 16:50:58 try to plus it inside then try again .. Sep 04 17:25:26 hello again, i plugged the hd direct to the slug, but the speed is the same :( Sep 04 17:26:20 a view at top shows no issues (0,3% usage cpu) Sep 04 17:26:49 currently there's only the samba daemon running Sep 04 17:27:30 hmmm .... Sep 04 17:27:34 strange ... Sep 04 17:27:46 have you simply looked at the specs of your disk ?+ Sep 04 17:28:10 you mean the tech. specs? Sep 04 17:28:29 hmm i don't know exact values, but the disc is running fast under ubuntu and winXP Sep 04 17:31:19 don't have anyideas ... Sep 04 17:31:58 try some fine tuning with hdparm Sep 04 17:32:25 ok i will try it Sep 04 17:32:28 thanks for your time ^^ Sep 04 17:34:49 de nada Sep 04 17:34:51 time to drink Sep 04 17:34:55 it's friday evening :) Sep 04 17:35:17 yes you're right Sep 04 17:38:10 ^^ n **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sat Sep 05 02:59:58 2009