0.1RC3 Reload Option Doesn't work for DNS-321

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Copied fun_plug and Alt-F-0.1RC3.tar to drive
2. Inserted drive into DNS-321
3. DNS-321 reboots itself after initial startup

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expect Alt-f to run on top of DLink FW.

alt-f-reloaded.log shows at end:

free: 
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:        61828        42720        19108            0        20860
 Swap:       530104            0       530104
Total:       591932        42720       549212

mount: 
%root% on / type unknown (rw)
/dev/ram0 on / type ext2 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/image.cfs on /sys/crfs type squashfs (rw,loop=/dev/loop0)
/dev/sda2 on /mnt/HD_a2 type ext3 (rw,usrquota,grpquota)
/dev/sda4 on /mnt/HD_a4 type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)

df: 
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/ram0                17.4M     11.3M      5.2M  69% /
/dev/loop0                6.9M      6.9M         0 100% /sys/crfs
/dev/sda2               186.0G    195.0M    185.8G   0% /mnt/HD_a2
/dev/sda4               486.2M     10.3M    475.9M   2% /mnt/HD_a4

lsmod: 
Module                  Size  Used by
sd_mod                 24304  4 

alt-f-fail file exists with 0 bytes

What Alt-F version are you using? Have you flashed it?

0.1RC3.tar Have not attempted flash of any kind.  Running with DLink FW 1.03

What is the box hardware revision level? A1, B1 or C1? (look at the label
at the box bottom)

A2 

What is your disk configuration? Standard, RAID (what level)...

One 200 GB Drive

What operating system are you using on your computer? Using what browser?

Ubuntu. Firefox.

Please provide any additional information below.

After reading many posts, it seems RC2 can be flashed and RC3 'TRYOUT'ed on top 
of it.  RC2 doesn't seem to have the ability to re-flash the original DLink FW 
and I am not going to flash something which can then not be re-flashed back to 
factory FW.

If this is the proper place for posting this forgive me.  I couldn't find a 
direct email for anyone who might have a better solution and wasn't going to 
join a Google Group for a single problem.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by half...@gmail.com on 7 May 2013 at 12:03

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Thanks for the report.

I already suspected that "reloaded" would not work on the dns321, and that is 
non-fixable.

According to several dns321 owners, RC2 runs OK on their boxes, apart a couple 
of  issues that was fixed on a snapshot RC3 release.
The current RC3 release has those changes built-in, so it should work fine on 
the dns321.
RC3 also allows flashing the vendor's firmware back.

As I don't own a dns321 myself, I haven't tested that, so your only way of 
being sure is to use the forum and ask for confirmation.
I would like to have RC3 usage report on that box.

Original comment by whoami.j...@gmail.com on 8 May 2013 at 3:35

• Changed state: WontFix

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Based on the above I flashed RC3 into the DNS-321 this AM.  It seems
to work for what little I did.  There are the cosmetic issues where it
refers to it as a DNS-323 instead of a DNS-321.

I had planned to flash back to DLink 1.03 FW but the flash page gives
4 options which aren't clear in my mind currently.  So haven't done
anything but shut it off for now.

Yes, saw the exchanges between Matt and yourself.

Don't know what 'usage' you are talking about.  Do you simply want
remote access to one so you can see the various screen information ?

I have 2 goals for this box:

1.  Use 3 TB drives
2.  Install enough Debian to run Hercules-390 emulator as described here:

http://hercules390.996247.n3.nabble.com/Hercules-installed-on-D-LINK-DNS-323-td1
1345.html

he mentions other NAS boxes also below:

"Nope. My NAS models (and performances) are:

DLINK DNS 323 (ARM) - 0.92 MIPS
DLINK DNS 343 (ARM) - 1.22 MIPS
DLINK DNS 325 (ARM) - 3.03 MIPS
NETGEAR READYNAS  (SPARC) - 0.72 MIPS
NETGEAR READYNAS P(x86) - 13.5 MIPS
FUJUTSU Q700 (ARM) - 2.74 MIPS
QNAP TS-239 PRO (x86) - 11.2 MIPS
SINOLOGY DS-209 II PRO (PowerPC) - 12.2 MIPS
IOMEGA IX-200 (ARM) - 2.45 MIPS
CONCEPTRONICS CH3 NAS (ARM) - 0.92 MIPS.

I've also installed Hercules on two little boards used for building routers:

WRAP (x86) - 0.71 MIPS
ALIX (x86) - 3.07 MIPS

All the MIPS tests were made with a home made Pascal program
(environment VM/SP), that performs a series of operations on strings,
integer and real numbers.

I like to use NAS as Hercules machines because they can be seen as
'little mainframes' of 80's years (expecially for the poor
performances..;-). "

Original comment by half...@gmail.com on 8 May 2013 at 12:20

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> There are the cosmetic issues where it refers to it as a DNS-323 instead of a 
DNS-321

If you could be so kind as to tell me where...

> I had planned to flash back to DLink 1.03 FW but the flash page gives 4 
options which aren't clear in my mind currently. 

The Firmware Update main page has online help, hit the (?) icon near the page 
title. If anything is not clear please let me know.

> Don't know what 'usage' you are talking about.

Any odd behaviour during normal utilization, such as the cosmetic issues you 
refer above, as well as leds, buttons, fan speed and control, box 
temperature... anything related to what is/can be specific of the dns-321 
hardware. The flashing procedure, also.

> 2.  Install enough Debian to run Hercules-390 emulator as described here:

You can use Setup->Debian to install Debian on disk; you can then either 
(k)execute Debian (leaving Alt-F), or chroot it. Type 'debian' at the command 
line to see its usage.

But it's really better to use the forum for this kind of conversation, so 
others will benefice.

Original comment by whoami.j...@gmail.com on 8 May 2013 at 3:17

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Different issue altogether and may not pertain to D-321 or other D-Link boxes.

"enable write buffer coalescing"

I also bought a SS4000-E recently and it has a Intel Xscale 90219 (
ARM 5 ? ) CPU.

A thread about poor performance found a setting impacts throughput.

From :

http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=120448177713206&w=2

"> when investigating some memory write performance issues on a Thecus N2100

Shows example of difference when switch is changed performance on some
things went from 12 to 47 range increased to 121 to 126 range.

Patch is in this post:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=120508539011727&w=2

Have joined group I think.  Was going to post concerning D-321 issue
but some thing happened and I didn't get around to it.  Will get back
to it tomorrow.

Phil

Original comment by half...@gmail.com on 16 May 2013 at 11:52