Talk:Convert your PPC LinkStation into a full-blown Debian system - Revision history

Jonli447 at 01:50, 11 September 2007

Jonli447 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:50:54 GMT

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	For example, download <br>		For example, download <br>
-	http://downloads.~~linkstationwiki~~.~~net~~/freelink/freelink_powerpc-hdhglan-1.11.zip<br>	+	http://downloads.nas-central.org/freelink/freelink_powerpc-hdhglan-1.11.zip<br>
	to your Windows/Linux machine, unzip it and then unzip the image.dat from it.<br>You will be prompted for a password...use the password from<br>		to your Windows/Linux machine, unzip it and then unzip the image.dat from it.<br>You will be prompted for a password...use the password from<br>
-	http://~~linkstationwiki~~.~~net~~/index.php?title=FAQ#What_is_the_password_for_the_powerpc-hdhglan_1.x_firmware_image.dat.3F<br>	+	http://nas-central.org/index.php?title=FAQ#What_is_the_password_for_the_powerpc-hdhglan_1.x_firmware_image.dat.3F<br>
	and you will get a tmpimage.tgz. <br>		and you will get a tmpimage.tgz. <br>
	Untar this tarball to /dev/hdx1 and you should be fine.		Untar this tarball to /dev/hdx1 and you should be fine.

Grs1969 at 16:21, 28 April 2007

Grs1969 — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:21:46 GMT

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	<P>		<P>
	(Yes, indeed. Thank you, Mindbender!)		(Yes, indeed. Thank you, Mindbender!)
		+
		+	----
		+
		+	The reason for mounting partition 1 and using fix_ext2_magic is unclear. This article would be better split into 2 articles. One describing the LS-HG partition layout; the partition magic number problem and fix_ext2_magic; how to resize those partitions (and why you would want to do that).
		+
		+	This article then then focus on copying Openlink/Freelink to partition 1 and post install configuration.
		+
		+	I recently installed Freelink to my LS-HG and found problems with this article (apart from the partitioning thing mentioned above).
		+
		+	# The description of what to extract from the LS-HG Freelink distro is wrong.
		+	# Freelink has no tmp-kun user configured
		+
		+	[[User:Grs1969\|Grs1969]]

Tedman: /* Step13. "And, a Miracle Happens..." */

Tedman — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:02:28 GMT

Step13. "And, a Miracle Happens..."

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	LS2 is using master setting ...--[[User:Hanfbauer\|Hanfbauer]] 09:39, 28 July 2006 (EDT)		LS2 is using master setting ...--[[User:Hanfbauer\|Hanfbauer]] 09:39, 28 July 2006 (EDT)

-	== ~~Step13~~. ~~"And, a Miracle Happens..."~~ ==	+	== Step 13. Now With Example ==

-	~~Something got lost in the shuffle.~~	+	For example, download <br>
-	~~How about a real~~ example ~~filename?~~	+
-	~~(There ain't no .tgz files in the download area~~, ~~now, y'know...)~~	+
-		+
-	~~what about using the freelink-image? or do you want to get debian on a terastation/terastationPro?~~	+
-	~~the way described on this page was written down before the freelink-images were available.~~	+
-	~~[[User:85.124.221.56\|85.124.221.56]] 09:44, 28 November 2006 (EST)~~	+
-		+
-	Regardless, the information given here (in step 13) is not at all at the level of the other steps and worst of all is indequate to do the job. Since the firmware flasher running on windows can't find my hg300 ls I don't have many options left.	+
-		+
-	~~then~~ download <br>	+
	http://downloads.linkstationwiki.net/freelink/freelink_powerpc-hdhglan-1.11.zip<br>		http://downloads.linkstationwiki.net/freelink/freelink_powerpc-hdhglan-1.11.zip<br>
-	~~unzip it on~~ your machine, ~~again~~ unzip the image.dat ~~(you can do that on your windows/linux box)..~~.~~you~~ will be prompted for a password...use the password from<br>	+	to your Windows/Linux machine, unzip it and then unzip the image.dat from it.<br>You will be prompted for a password...use the password from<br>
	http://linkstationwiki.net/index.php?title=FAQ#What_is_the_password_for_the_powerpc-hdhglan_1.x_firmware_image.dat.3F<br>		http://linkstationwiki.net/index.php?title=FAQ#What_is_the_password_for_the_powerpc-hdhglan_1.x_firmware_image.dat.3F<br>
-	and you will get a tmpimage.tgz. Untar this tarball to /dev/~~hda1~~ and you should be fine. ~~[[User:Mindbender\|Mindbender]] 11:24, 29 November 2006~~ (~~EST~~)	+	and you will get a tmpimage.tgz. <br>
		+	Untar this tarball to /dev/hdx1 and you should be fine.
		+	<P>
		+	(Yes, indeed. Thank you, Mindbender!)

Mindbender: /* Step13. "And, a Miracle Happens..." */

Mindbender — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:24:47 GMT

Step13. "And, a Miracle Happens..."

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	Regardless, the information given here (in step 13) is not at all at the level of the other steps and worst of all is indequate to do the job. Since the firmware flasher running on windows can't find my hg300 ls I don't have many options left.		Regardless, the information given here (in step 13) is not at all at the level of the other steps and worst of all is indequate to do the job. Since the firmware flasher running on windows can't find my hg300 ls I don't have many options left.
		+
		+	then download <br>
		+	http://downloads.linkstationwiki.net/freelink/freelink_powerpc-hdhglan-1.11.zip<br>
		+	unzip it on your machine, again unzip the image.dat (you can do that on your windows/linux box)...you will be prompted for a password...use the password from<br>
		+	http://linkstationwiki.net/index.php?title=FAQ#What_is_the_password_for_the_powerpc-hdhglan_1.x_firmware_image.dat.3F<br>
		+	and you will get a tmpimage.tgz. Untar this tarball to /dev/hda1 and you should be fine. [[User:Mindbender\|Mindbender]] 11:24, 29 November 2006 (EST)

69.59.204.73 at 14:52, 29 November 2006

69.59.204.73 — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:52:33 GMT

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	the way described on this page was written down before the freelink-images were available.		the way described on this page was written down before the freelink-images were available.
	[[User:85.124.221.56\|85.124.221.56]] 09:44, 28 November 2006 (EST)		[[User:85.124.221.56\|85.124.221.56]] 09:44, 28 November 2006 (EST)
		+
		+	Regardless, the information given here (in step 13) is not at all at the level of the other steps and worst of all is indequate to do the job. Since the firmware flasher running on windows can't find my hg300 ls I don't have many options left.

85.124.221.56: /* Step13. "And, a Miracle Happens..." */

85.124.221.56 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:44:44 GMT

Step13. "And, a Miracle Happens..."

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	How about a real example filename?		How about a real example filename?
	(There ain't no .tgz files in the download area, now, y'know...)		(There ain't no .tgz files in the download area, now, y'know...)
		+
		+	what about using the freelink-image? or do you want to get debian on a terastation/terastationPro?
		+	the way described on this page was written down before the freelink-images were available.
		+	[[User:85.124.221.56\|85.124.221.56]] 09:44, 28 November 2006 (EST)

Tedman: Step13. "And, a Miracle Happens..."

Tedman — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:08:06 GMT

Step13. "And, a Miracle Happens..."

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	is it true that LS1 uses cable select as default?		is it true that LS1 uses cable select as default?
	LS2 is using master setting ...--[[User:Hanfbauer\|Hanfbauer]] 09:39, 28 July 2006 (EDT)		LS2 is using master setting ...--[[User:Hanfbauer\|Hanfbauer]] 09:39, 28 July 2006 (EDT)
		+
		+	== Step13. "And, a Miracle Happens..." ==
		+
		+	Something got lost in the shuffle.
		+	How about a real example filename?
		+	(There ain't no .tgz files in the download area, now, y'know...)

Hanfbauer at 13:39, 28 July 2006

Hanfbauer — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:39:11 GMT

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	buffalo invented a way to secure the first partition of the hdd /dev/hda1 by changing the magic_number in the ext_filesystem to something unnatural (all linkstations and i think all terastations, kuroboxes do not have this problem of course). in reality the magic_number is a completely normal one, but because of this change you cannot mount the partition on a desktop. the fix_ext2_magic-app fixes this and afterwards you can mount the partition as normal. In fact i did yesterday after i deleted some stuff as root which made my LS unbootable. before running fix_ext2_magic there was no chance to mount it, afterwards it was working as normal. so the answer is: yes, it is necessary.[[User:Mindbender\|Mindbender]] 03:16, 11 July 2006 (EDT)		buffalo invented a way to secure the first partition of the hdd /dev/hda1 by changing the magic_number in the ext_filesystem to something unnatural (all linkstations and i think all terastations, kuroboxes do not have this problem of course). in reality the magic_number is a completely normal one, but because of this change you cannot mount the partition on a desktop. the fix_ext2_magic-app fixes this and afterwards you can mount the partition as normal. In fact i did yesterday after i deleted some stuff as root which made my LS unbootable. before running fix_ext2_magic there was no chance to mount it, afterwards it was working as normal. so the answer is: yes, it is necessary.[[User:Mindbender\|Mindbender]] 03:16, 11 July 2006 (EDT)
		+
		+	----
		+	Jumper setting
		+
		+	"make sure to return the hard drive jumper to cable select"
		+
		+	is it true that LS1 uses cable select as default?
		+	LS2 is using master setting ...--[[User:Hanfbauer\|Hanfbauer]] 09:39, 28 July 2006 (EDT)

Ramuk: Talk:Articles/DebianPPCConversion moved to Talk:Convert your PPC LinkStation into a full-blown Debian system

Ramuk — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:50:01 GMT

Talk:Articles/DebianPPCConversion moved to Talk:Convert your PPC LinkStation into a full-blown Debian system

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Mindbender at 07:16, 11 July 2006

Mindbender — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:16:08 GMT

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	Why fix_ext2_magic? Is it really necessary?		Why fix_ext2_magic? Is it really necessary?

-	buffalo invented a way to secure the first partition of the hdd /dev/hda1 by changing the magic_number in the ext_filesystem to something unnatural (all linkstations and i think all terastations, kuroboxes do not have this problem of course). in reality the magic_number is a completely normal one, but because of this change you cannot mount the partition on a desktop. the fix_ext2_magic-app fixes this and afterwards you can mount the partition as normal. In fact i did yesterday after i deleted some stuff as root which made my LS unbootable. before running fix_ext2_magic there was no chance to mount it, afterwards it was working as normal. so the answer is: yes, it is necessary.	+	buffalo invented a way to secure the first partition of the hdd /dev/hda1 by changing the magic_number in the ext_filesystem to something unnatural (all linkstations and i think all terastations, kuroboxes do not have this problem of course). in reality the magic_number is a completely normal one, but because of this change you cannot mount the partition on a desktop. the fix_ext2_magic-app fixes this and afterwards you can mount the partition as normal. In fact i did yesterday after i deleted some stuff as root which made my LS unbootable. before running fix_ext2_magic there was no chance to mount it, afterwards it was working as normal. so the answer is: yes, it is necessary.[[User:Mindbender\|Mindbender]] 03:16, 11 July 2006 (EDT)