tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288685277101298662.post4158145026683441290..comments2023-03-25T03:27:34.481-07:00Comments on Useful Things I Know (.blogspot.com): Seagate GoFlex Home running Arch Linux ARM from ext3 partition with ext3 NAS partition macmadness86http://www.blogger.com/profile/11209325051527124779noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288685277101298662.post-71032346280583011492013-12-09T01:29:51.022-08:002013-12-09T01:29:51.022-08:00Thanks man! I am actually having lots of fun with ...Thanks man! I am actually having lots of fun with my GoFlex Home since I broke it. Seriously, I do not know if I will manage to do what I want to, but the money was worth just for the fan and the learnings ;-)<br /><br />Since I started from a bricked device, I just partially follow the steps to install Arch Linux. I started by installing the uBoot and recovery into NAND, and from there I installed archlinux in a USB pendrive, with a ext2 partition +swap. I could not mount the SATA from the recovery system.<br /><br />Once there, I booted into arch linux from the USB, everything worked great. I could mount the SATA, partition in using parted (root ext2 (10G), data ext2 + swap). I found the swap very useful, when later on I tried to run MySQL ;-).<br /><br />Then I copy archlinux distro files into the sata, and modify the uBoot environment to boot first from SATA and then from USB... I did not work :-(<br /><br />It still boots from USB, and mount the SATA, but uBoot finds some kind of problem to mount SATA at boot time. I believe I forgot to indicate gpt as partition type, and also to set the boot flag on for /dev/sda1 as you suggest here. I will try tonight. Still I do not understand why should I set the boot flag on, since it is not in my USB, and there it boots like a breeze.<br /><br />I will let you know later on.<br /><br />By the way, from the USB I managed to set the GoFlex so it could be used as a storage for Apple's Time Machine... proud ;-))visiedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658878577486743445noreply@blogger.com