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GodZone

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  1. Well, my PX4 finally died. Fun time getting XPenology running on it but have just put all of its disks into a DS920+, other than the upgrade to DSM7.0, all my data was still there
  2. If it would help, I can copy the content of my USB drive somewhere and you could try it
  3. I never managed to get my PX4 to boot from the internal USB drive so have a USB stick in the front slot. It has been running fine for a while now and so long as it does I while keep using it at home. We have had some power issues and if it stops, I have to put my laptop back on the serial port and go through pressing the reset button during power up etc, which is annoying but manageable. It has now been up for 145 days and I have 1.7TB of data on it. I built the boot USB as a DS3615xs and am still running only DSM 6.2.3-25426 Update 3. I am reluctant to update further as it would mean dedicating more time to sort out issues and at the moment I don't see I would gain much. I am not sure I can be of a lot of help. I can say that it is probably worth persevering as their is plenty of life left in the old hardware.
  4. Hmm just copied my backup to a USB drive on my Mac and it showed the following /dev/disk4 (external, physical): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *1.0 GB disk4 1: Linux ⁨⁩ 1.0 GB disk4s1 Mounting this on a linux VM, it has everything in the one partition which has an ext2 file system (fedora)9e61c3f0-6b13-4a06-ac2c-b28ee43f38fc: la total 2304 drwxrwxrwx. 10 root root 4096 Jan 17 17:45 ./ drwxr-x---+ 3 root root 60 Feb 26 11:30 ../ drwxrwxrwx. 3 root root 4096 Feb 19 14:03 '@eaDir'/ drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Aug 7 2012 ginstall/ drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Aug 5 2013 grub/ drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Mar 20 2020 images/ drwx------. 2 root root 16384 Aug 7 2012 lost+found/ drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jan 18 2013 SDKApps/ drwxrwxrwx. 2 99 users 4096 Jan 18 2013 SDKApps_old/ -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2303079 Mar 20 2020 System.map-3.8.6 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Jan 17 17:44 '@tmp'/
  5. That looks pretty much identical to what I have so I am not sure what to try next. And yes I did swap the VID/PID but that mad no difference. It doesnt look like the firmware loader is starting grub at all. Disk /dev/sdv: 979.3 MiB, 1026822144 bytes, 2005512 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: AFB38D11-BCEA-4409-B348-F4FEEE602114 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sdv1 2048 32767 30720 15M EFI System /dev/sdv2 32768 94207 61440 30M Linux filesystem /dev/sdv3 94208 102366 8159 4M BIOS boot Command (m for help):
  6. Swapping the values didn't achieve anything. I still get a blank screen. Its interesting that during the boot of the external USB, there are messages to say that sdv1 and 2 may be corrupt as the volume was not properly unmounted. The filesystem on the internal is FAT-fs which I assume to be correct. I have a vague recollection that the original internal usb oly had a single partition, I am starting to think I need to copy it to another stick and have a closer look.
  7. On my px4, that socket is empty as per the photo. So I am still asumming it is a chip. Trying to read the tiny writing on the chips is pretty hard so I havent managed to find it. sudo lsusb -icu Password: |__usb2 1d6b:0002:0310 09 2.00 480MBit/s 0mA 1IF (ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7) hub |__2-7 05dc:a761:1100 00 2.00 480MBit/s 100mA 1IF (Lexar JD FireFly R98A675RYBQ3BJAG5YX1) 2-7:1.0 (IF) 08:06:50 2EPs () usb-storage host1 (sdu) |__usb3 1d6b:0001:0310 09 1.10 12MBit/s 0mA 1IF (uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0) hub |__3-1 1307:0165:0100 00 2.00 12MBit/s 98mA 1IF (USBest Technology USB Mass Storage Device 00000000000389) 3-1:1.0 (IF) 08:06:50 3EPs () usb-storage host2 (sdv) Another issue I am having is shutting down. The last message on the console is syncing the SCSI Cache on the HDDs but the board never powers down. I have to press and hold the power button.
  8. Hmm, not getting very far. I have dd'ed the individual partitions to the onboard USB, mounted /dev/sdv1 and edited the grub.cfg file replacing the VID and PID values with those above. Not able to boot from it, I dont get the grub screen on the serial console. I can still boot using the external USB and as yet I havent tried swapping the VID and PID values. I get a 'Prepare to Boot to OS', but then a blank screen.
  9. The onboard one is; P: Vendor=1307 ProdID=0165 Rev= 1.00 S: Manufacturer=USBest Technology S: Product=USB Mass Storage Device The only I used to boot from i.e. the XPenology loader is; P: Vendor=05dc ProdID=a761 Rev=11.00 S: Manufacturer=Lexar S: Product=JD FireFly
  10. I successfully upgraded to Release 3 after adding the Fixup script and am now up to trying to get booting sorted out. I cant find the onboard USB so I am assuming its just a chip on the mother board (hence not removable). It gets identified during the boot as sdv 'Ut165 USB Flash Disk'. I have dd'ed the content to an image file using 'dd if=/dev/sdv of=/PX4.img' but now I am a bit confused. During the boot, the kernel found my usb stick as sdu 'Lexar JD FireFly 1100 PQ' but once DSM was up, there are no device files for it so just dd from it isnt an option. I am also now confused about the VID/PID that needs to be in the grub config. Some pointers would be appreciated now that I know my goal is probably achievable. BTW: Thanks jollmo for contributing to this post.
  11. Please post your experience with the USB, I have had to put my project on hold for the time being as other stuff has risen to the top of the ToDo pile
  12. Did you overwrite the internal USB ? I haven't yet
  13. For the time being I'm going to just run with the 2GB of RAM. I have disabled everything I am not intending to use. Is it safe to install Update 3? The Updates screen says its available so it wasnt installed automatically. My biggest query is booting. I would really like to be able to just power it on and have it boot from the internal USB drive. I can ssh to the box and that drive would appear to have the IOMega software still on it. I am tempted to format that drive and duplicate the XPenology USB drive to it but have no idea whether that is a sensible thing to do or not. I think I should be able to dd from /dev/sdv to /dev/sdu I see; /dev/sdv1 962680 296040 617736 33% /volumeUSB1/usbshare /dev/sdu1 15310 10472 4838 69% /volumeUSB2/usbshare2-1 /dev/sdu2 30642 13642 17000 45% /volumeUSB2/usbshare2-2 sdv1 being the internal and sdu being the XPenology one
  14. I just booted the PX4 again intending to do some more diagnostics and the system booted, did a lot of updates (to the drivers I believe) and now I can log in via the web and have completed the setup. The PX4 only has 2Gb of RAM so I had OOM busy killing stuff off but have disabled stuff I dont use and it looks very promising.
  15. I think I have missed something, I think I somehow need to make the installed version of xpenology use the serial console AND use the drivers you have packaged but I am nor sure how I go about that
  16. Much closer, using your extra.lzma allowed the installer to find the disk and I went ahead and did a manual install of DSM_DS3615xs_25426.pat which I think is what I should be using but that OS will not boot, I just get a blank screen on the console.
  17. Hmm, looks like I might be out of luck with XPenology on this hardware then. putty.log
  18. Some progress, the load now boots 1.03b and I can find the NAS over the network but when I try to connect, it says there are no disks. I had the original PX4 configured with a 3 disk RAID-5 + spare, I am hoping I can possible retrieve stuff off the RAID volume so at the stage I only put the spare into the 1st disk position. But it isnt seen. Can I login at the Diskstation logn: prompt? If so what are the credentials? I'd like to see what the kernel actual sees as devices.
  19. My PX4 recently failed and all attempts to recover using various resources from the Internet (as Lenovo no longer provide any support) were unsuccessful at resurrecting it. There appears to be nothing wrong with the hardware, the CMOS battery had gone flat but has been replaced. I thought I'd have a go at installing XPenology as I replaced the PX4 with a Synology RS819. After spending a lot more time on this than I had expected, I am now hoping someone else has managed to do it. I can boot the loader off the USB and get the GRUB screen on my Putty screen, but when selecting any of the options, I get messages saying error: no suitable video mode found. error: no suitable video mode found. Booting in blind modeBooting in blind mode But as far as I can tell, it doesnt. I have put the correct MAC addresses and USB IDs in the grub.cfg file. If anyone has been successful with a PX4 that can help, it would be much appreciated.
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