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Apr 07 02:25:39 <NSLU2-IRC> nick homeforspam
Apr 07 02:26:13 <NSLU2-IRC> hello out there - need a little help unbricking my slug
Apr 07 02:26:32 <caplink811-away> hm, first try slash nick ;-)
Apr 07 02:26:43 <NSLU2-IRC> sorry - 
Apr 07 02:26:51 <caplink811-away> np
Apr 07 02:27:16 <homeforspam> downloaded unslung 3.18, followed instructions, but failed and bricked the slug
Apr 07 02:27:18 <caplink811-away> so, what's the problem?
Apr 07 02:27:27 <homeforspam> proceeded with howto for
Apr 07 02:27:36 <homeforspam> recovering from a bad flash, but am getting nowhere
Apr 07 02:27:44 <homeforspam> times out on tftp
Apr 07 02:27:49 <homeforspam> any suggestions?
Apr 07 02:28:02 <caplink811-away> could you get redboot prompt?
Apr 07 02:28:05 <homeforspam> yes
Apr 07 02:28:17 <homeforspam> i was able to change to the  address of the tft
Apr 07 02:28:19 <homeforspam> p server
Apr 07 02:28:42 <caplink811-away> may be easier you use the sercomm tool
Apr 07 02:28:48 <caplink811-away> mom, search adress
Apr 07 02:29:00 <homeforspam> tried it, but won't find the device
Apr 07 02:29:20 <caplink811-away> your pc is in 192.168.0.x segment?
Apr 07 02:30:14 <homeforspam> sorry about that.  u were saying?
Apr 07 02:30:25 <caplink811-away>  your pc is in 192.168.0.x segment?
Apr 07 02:30:44 <homeforspam> i have two nic cards - the one connected to the slug
Apr 07 02:30:53 <homeforspam> has a fixed 192.168.0.3 ip
Apr 07 02:31:06 <homeforspam> i'm able to ping 192.168.0.1
Apr 07 02:31:13 <homeforspam> once i telnet into redboot
Apr 07 02:31:15 <caplink811-away> then it should work..
Apr 07 02:31:34 <homeforspam> oh, i can get into redboot, but
Apr 07 02:31:44 <homeforspam> the "load" command seems to time out
Apr 07 02:31:54 <homeforspam> i wonder if tftp server isn't doing the job
Apr 07 02:32:30 <caplink811-away> haven't had that problem, seem till now, slug flashs since 10 Minutes :-(
Apr 07 02:33:20 <homeforspam> hmmm i'm using the solarwinds tftp server - any other suggestions?
Apr 07 02:33:42 <caplink811-away> nope, have to read and catch redboot now formyself
Apr 07 02:36:50 <homeforspam> thanks - i'll try again later after i cool down :-\
Apr 07 04:33:45 <puzl> hi
Apr 07 04:39:24 <caplink811-away> hi
Apr 07 04:40:08 <puzl> can anyone help me with my nslu2 ( still running linksys firmware )
Apr 07 04:40:17 <puzl> I can't mount any disks read/write
Apr 07 04:40:34 <puzl> and the user config interface appears to be broken ( gives lots of errors when I try to add users to groups etc )
Apr 07 04:41:00 <puzl> I'd like to just reset the config completely and start from scratch ( without losing the data I have just written to the disk )
Apr 07 04:43:46 <caplink811-away> have you verified, that your enclosure/disk combination is on the compability list?
Apr 07 04:44:32 <caplink811-away> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nslu2-general/database?method=reportRows&tbl=1
Apr 07 04:46:31 <caplink811-away> as the slug stores config files for samba/user/groups at /dev/sda2, it my be the savest way, to repartioning the hd completly, after you have save your data elsewhere
Apr 07 04:46:41 <caplink811-away> s/my/may
Apr 07 04:49:45 <puzl> the disk was working fine for a while, but I was adding a new user last night and it stopped working
Apr 07 04:50:32 <caplink811-away> define "lots of errors in user interface" pls
Apr 07 04:50:38 <puzl> ( my disk is a maxtor onetouch 300GB usb2 disk"
Apr 07 04:51:17 <puzl> they've stopped now. Basically it refused to let me remove users from a group saying "cannot remove default group"
Apr 07 04:51:29 <puzl> even on groups that were added by me
Apr 07 04:53:40 <caplink811-away> you talk not about the group everyone?
Apr 07 04:53:59 <puzl> no, I added a group 'home'
Apr 07 04:54:15 <puzl> if I login as admin ( which has RW access to all shares ) I still can't modify the files
Apr 07 04:55:07 <puzl> perhaps it is failing to login and converting them to guest logins
Apr 07 04:55:35 <puzl> nope, just disabled it and the problem remains
Apr 07 04:55:52 <puzl> perhaps I should just bite the bullet and install unslung, but I wanted to resolve this issue first
Apr 07 04:56:19 <caplink811-away> unslung wanna changed nothing at that issue
Apr 07 04:56:49 <caplink811-away> you have telnet access to your slug?
Apr 07 04:58:53 <vezult> hmm. is the slug picky about the size of the conf partition?
Apr 07 04:59:14 <caplink811-away> dunno, the default is around 110NByte
Apr 07 04:59:55 <caplink811-away> but used only 6 to 8 Mbyte
Apr 07 05:00:03 <vezult> i tried partitioning the disk myself, and it now thinks its unformatted
Apr 07 05:00:26 <puzl> no, I don't have telnet access
Apr 07 05:00:35 <vezult> all the partitions are in the same order as before, just the conf and data parts are different sizes
Apr 07 05:00:38 <puzl> is that easy to get?
Apr 07 05:00:45 <puzl> ( with the linksys firmware running )
Apr 07 05:01:36 <vezult> i think you need to go to http://youripaddresshere/Management/telnet.cgi
Apr 07 05:02:22 <caplink811-away> puzl: if you're don't running r29, yes go to http://ip_of_your_slug/Management/telnet.cgi and enable it
Apr 07 05:02:32 <puzl> i tried that
Apr 07 05:02:38 <puzl> I have r29 :(
Apr 07 05:02:57 <caplink811-away> vezult: have you format the resized partitions? on pc or on slug?
Apr 07 05:03:17 <caplink811-away> puzl: so, no way
Apr 07 05:03:23 <vezult> on my pc
Apr 07 05:03:38 <vezult> err...yes, on my pc
Apr 07 05:04:04 <caplink811-away> vezult: quiet bad, so you lost the .dongle file which tells the slug, that this drive is formatted
Apr 07 05:04:37 <caplink811-away> vezult: have you read http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/CustomSizedPartitions?
Apr 07 05:05:10 <vezult> caplink811-away: ah..i see. nope. i missed that. I'll go read it. thanks for the help
Apr 07 05:05:18 <caplink811-away> np
Apr 07 05:05:23 <puzl> is there no 'restore to factory defaults' for all settings?
Apr 07 05:05:34 <caplink811-away> yes/no
Apr 07 05:06:15 <puzl> I'm guessing your gonna say 'only if you have telnet access'
Apr 07 05:06:24 <puzl> can I revert to a previous firmwar revision?
Apr 07 05:06:30 <caplink811-away> settings, which are stored in the flash may be reset with the resetsysconf procedure 
Apr 07 05:06:32 <caplink811-away> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/ResetSysConf
Apr 07 05:07:01 <caplink811-away> but, users/groups/passwords are stored at /share/hdd/conf (aka /dev/sda2)
Apr 07 05:07:18 <caplink811-away> which you don't can access via webinterface
Apr 07 05:07:54 <puzl> so if I mount it on a linux system then I can solve it?
Apr 07 05:08:10 <caplink811-away> the slug hold backups of the conf files at different places, if you can mount the part, 
Apr 07 05:08:26 <caplink811-away> you can edit to your needs
Apr 07 05:08:43 <puzl> hmm
Apr 07 05:08:51 <caplink811-away> backup files called eg. group.ttt or passwd.ttt
Apr 07 05:09:08 <puzl> I have vmware running sarge here
Apr 07 05:09:13 <caplink811-away> or you can go back to r25, which offers telnet access as desribed above
Apr 07 05:09:22 <puzl> I'll go back to r25
Apr 07 05:09:33 <caplink811-away> and you may want read
Apr 07 05:09:47 <puzl> is there a jtag interface on the board?
Apr 07 05:09:54 <caplink811-away> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/HomePage , if you haven't already
Apr 07 05:10:08 <puzl> yeah, I've been looking there
Apr 07 05:10:17 <caplink811-away> i thionk, so, i'm not the wardware guy
Apr 07 05:10:30 <caplink811-away> s/thionk/think
Apr 07 05:11:00 <caplink811-away> at least, there's a layout
Apr 07 05:11:01 <caplink811-away> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/PinoutOfJTAGPort
Apr 07 05:11:18 <puzl> that site is awesome
Apr 07 05:11:21 <puzl> any link for r25?
Apr 07 05:11:36 <caplink811-away> jom
Apr 07 05:14:00 <puzl> got it from the linksys site :D
Apr 07 05:14:25 <caplink811-away> ah, have it upload to my site, cause didn't foundit at linksys
Apr 07 05:16:32 <puzl> upgrading
Apr 07 05:16:46 <caplink811-away> downgrading ;-)
Apr 07 05:17:26 <puzl> ;)
Apr 07 05:21:51 <caplink811-away> ireland talking?
Apr 07 05:22:09 <puzl> now I need a username/password to login with
Apr 07 05:22:14 <puzl> aye :D
Apr 07 05:23:09 <caplink811-away> oops, forgot, pw for r25 is unknown, sorry, any reasons you don't upgrade to unlung?
Apr 07 05:23:57 <puzl> i wanted to resolve the issue with rw before I upgraded
Apr 07 05:24:20 <caplink811-away> if there are any reasons, you could try to mount the hd at your vmware linux
Apr 07 05:24:49 <puzl> nah, I'll just go for the upgrade
Apr 07 05:24:56 <puzl> as long as my data is intact I'll be fine
Apr 07 05:25:27 <puzl> so can I upgrade to unslung using the linksys upgrade firmware web interface?
Apr 07 05:25:33 <caplink811-away> yeah, if you read the readme, found at the same place like the firmware
Apr 07 05:25:43 <caplink811-away> nothing could should going wrong
Apr 07 05:26:05 <caplink811-away> but follows always the instructions
Apr 07 05:26:38 <caplink811-away> unslung doesn't modifiy any partition or user data
Apr 07 05:33:31 <puzl> but it uses it's own configuration system?  does it reuse the linksys web interface?
Apr 07 05:34:30 <caplink811-away> the unslung configuration systems meets system configuration, eg. running init scripts, nothing to do with samba (aka user groups shares)
Apr 07 05:35:40 <caplink811-away> unslung gives you the ability to run your own things at boot time, eg musicserver, or ssh, or ftpd
Apr 07 05:36:13 <caplink811-away> my slug streams mp3 via twonkyvisionmediaserver to my noxon
Apr 07 05:38:25 <puzl> one of my best mates is the technical lead at intel on the firmware for the network processor in the nslu2 :
Apr 07 05:38:32 <puzl> nice
Apr 07 05:38:52 <caplink811-away> thinking, you're a hw guy.. :-)
Apr 07 05:39:21 <puzl> i'm a firmware develoepr
Apr 07 05:39:24 <puzl> *developer
Apr 07 05:40:19 <caplink811-away> you should have a look at #nslu2-linux, there are some guys, that do something else
Apr 07 05:40:58 <caplink811-away> but back to the point of origin
Apr 07 05:41:07 <caplink811-away> if you have telnet access
Apr 07 05:41:23 <caplink811-away> you could look at /share/hdd/conf
Apr 07 05:41:45 <puzl> i'm still installing unslung
Apr 07 05:41:50 <puzl> just verifying disks after install
Apr 07 05:44:23 <caplink811-away> there are the files passwd group smb.conf usrgrp.info and some more with the corresponding backuo files *.ttt
Apr 07 05:45:18 <caplink811-away> so you could try to cp the *.ttt back to the origins, and restart
Apr 07 05:49:04 <caplink811-away> or try to edit the files manually to meet your needs
Apr 07 05:49:30 <caplink811-away> time to leave for me now, will be back tommorrow evenig
Apr 07 05:54:28 <vezult> who
Apr 07 05:54:34 <vezult> err...strike that
Apr 07 08:02:45 <homeforspam> gents, can i get a little help unbricking my slucg?
Apr 07 08:18:27 <homeforspam> looking for a little help with redboot, recovering from a bad flash
Apr 07 09:08:07 <NSLU2-IRC> gents, need a little help unbricking my nslu2
Apr 07 09:08:20 <NSLU2-IRC> any knowedgable and gracious hosts out there?
Apr 07 09:08:47 <needs_help> sorry about that
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Apr 07 14:13:50 <jstueve> I think I've bricked my slug... trying to upslug the firmware gives a blinking red light at the top... 
Apr 07 14:14:11 <jstueve> I've tried reflashing with upslug and from redboot, same sequence.
Apr 07 14:15:06 <jstueve> it was originally a r25 firmware, that I didn't save, and I've tried the r29 linksys firmware, and the unslug-3.18 beta
Apr 07 14:15:10 <jstueve> any suggestions?
Apr 07 17:44:07 <NAiL> anybody awake ? 
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