firmware update failed

[scimmiettarossa]

hi all

i've a LS-WXL with two 1TB disks, firmware 1.42, using it both with MAC Lion and Linux

 

i've tried to update to firmware 1.56 in a bunch of ways, with no success at all:

• dowloading the update application for MAC from the buffalo site, connecting the LS directly to the MAC via ethernet cable, disabling wireless card, with no other hw in the network... no results: it says that the HDD partitions can not be confirmed... tried again with the debug=1 option, but i haven't found any way to show the debug window up
• downloading the update application for win in a virtual machine with winXP: no way to access the linkstation, due to the virtual network in between
• direct firmware update from the web configuration page: it seems to stuck on the final part of the process, when it says that it is necessary to restart the linkstation, and wait for ths to complete (a bit confusing... does it mean that i have to restart the station brutally, or simply that i have to wait, wait wait wait and wait?? in any case i waited, with no results

at the end of the story, i've a link station with the orange led fixed... and i do not know what does it mean...

 

any help?

 

tnx in advance

 

rosanna

[ESCHER]

Don't worry about the fixed orange (solid amber) LED.  It simply means that a new firmware is available.

 

Which RAID level are you running?  Have you ever removed the drives?  Are you sure that the drives are in the bays they were formatted?  If not sure, try swapping the disks, maybe this is why you get this message.

 

In order to update (which I would say is not important) you need to edit the LSUpdater.ini file from NoFormatting = 1 to NoFormatting = 0, but doing so will destroy the data.

 

[scimmiettarossa]

i backed all data up, removed the RAID 1 array, formatted both disks... just to "start from scratch",... already done also the NoFormatting=0 trick, but no way!

 

i did't try swapping the HDs....  how can this solve the problem, in your opinion? (i'll try tomorrow, in any case)

[ESCHER]

 

I was running RAID0 and mistakenly swapped the drives.  After putting them in the correct bay I was able to flash without formatting.

 

Try to reset to factory defaults, but:

 

If data is not a concern and you really want to start from scratch, then delete the partitions from both disks completely and do a TFTP boot procedure (read FAQ at the beginning of the forum).

 

Check this post:

http://forums.buffalotech.com/t5/Storage/help-please/td-p/69446/page/2

[scimmiettarossa]

i tried also the TFTP... but...  it is available only as a win executable... and i do not have windows... any solution apart asking for a win-friend with a laptop?:smileymad:

[Jotin]

What format did you format the drives in? If they are formated in NTFS or FAT32 the unit may never boot. The drives need to be unallocated.

[ESCHER]

TFTP boot works within a virtual Windows XP machine.

I have tested it using latest Ubuntu and Virtual Box.

Set the host to IP address 192.168.11.2, the virtualized network card as "bridged adapter, (eth0)" and a IP address (within Windows) 192.168.11.1.

[scimmiettarossa]

@Jotin: drives are XFS, and the unit works correctly... simply i was not able to upgrade the firmware

 

@ESCHER: i'll try the way you suggest ... i'll let you know..

[scimmiettarossa]

hard work, BUT IT WORKED!

 

thanks, ESCHER! :smileyhappy:

 

 

OF COURSE THIS PROCEDURE DELETES ALL YOUR DATA!!!!  BACK THEM UP BEFORE!!!!

summarizing:

1. download on a shared folder on my pc eveything is needed:
   
   -  The NAS Navigator client ( Found here)

   -  Your NAS model's latest firmware  ( Found here )

   -  Your NAS model's TFTP boot image( Download for Firefox/Chrome ) ( Download for IE ) (even if i did not use it!)

2. disconnect everything from the router
3. connect PC and LinkStation directly via ethernet cable
4. if your OS is windows, goto 11
5. if your OS is linux, install virtual box
6. start virtualbox, create a virtual machine with Windows, and set virtualized network card as "bridged adapter, eth0"
7. set  linux host PC as 192.168.11.2
8. start virtual Windows
9. set virtual Windows guest  to IP 192.168.11.1
10. goto 12
11. set you Windows IP to 192.168.11.1
12. start NAS  navigator
13. search for NAS
14. change the NAS IP to 192.168.1.150
15. go to the LSupdater folder, change the LSupdater.ini according to the lines in bold:

    [Application]
    Title = BUFFALO LinkStation Series Updater Ver.1.56
    WaitReboot = 1200
    WaitFormat = 600
    WaitFileSend = 600
    WaitDiscover = 120
    
    [Target]
    ProductID = 0x00000011
    ProductID2 = 0x00000012
    ProductID3 = 0x00000013
    ProductID4 = 0x00000014
    ProductID5 = 0x00003006
    ProductID6 = 0x00003007
    ProductID7 = 0x00000015
    ProductID8 = 0x00000016
    ProductID9 = 0x00003008
    ProductID10 = 0x00004001
    ProductID11 = 0x00000017
    ProductID12 = 0x00000019
    Name = LinkStation
    
    [Flags]
    VersionCheck = 1
    NoFormatting = 0
    
    [SpecialFlags]
    Debug = 1 

16. start LSupdater
17. right click on its title bar, choose "debug"
18. mark ONLY "Rebuild partition table"
19. click OK
20. click Update
21. after a while, NAS restarts in EM mode (detectable via NasNavigator), with default name "LS...." and default address (169.254.....)
22. in the NASNavigator you'll see the IP changed to 169.254.xx.xx... change it back to 192.168.11.150
23. close LSupdater, reopen it, right click on the title bar, choos "Debug"
24. mark "update boot", "update kernel", "update initird", "udate roofs", "do not check version", "force update"
25. click OK
26. click Update
27. be patient: the updater should notify you about installing firmware, confirmed by NAS Led blinking orange, (with the code I25: two long flashes, five short flashes) 
28. at the very end i got a connection error, but the NAS eventually restarted in normal mode, with the updated firmware

 

OF COURSE THIS PROCEDURE DELETES ALL YOUR DATA!!!!  BACK THEM UP BEFORE!!!!

[ESCHER]

I am confused.  In your initial post, you said that your model is LS-WXL and wanted to update from  FW 1.42 to 1.56.

 

You flashed a firmware version for LS-WTGL.

Weather your model is not LS-WXL or you flashed a wrong firmware.

 

In case you flashed the wrong FW version you will not have a fully functional unit.

You were very lucky that you did not bricked your unit.

 

[scimmiettarossa]

sorry, you are right... i simply pasted the wrong piece of code (from another installer) , but the real updater was for LS-WXL... now i correct the previous post

 

tnx again!!!!