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#1 2008-02-03 16:14:42

The UnDead Kai
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Registered: 2008-02-03
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DNS-323 Recovered from bricked 1.04 Update

Just recovered my bricked DNS-323.

The 1.04 firmware didn't take and I was left with "Verifying Checksum ... Bad Data CRC" when unpacking the filesystem.

Using a hexeditor, I worked out the offset that the filesystem image starts inside the provided firmware image from DLink.
dd bs=1 skip=1426728 if=~/dns323_firmware_104 of=dns323-fs.img

You can then use a nfsroot booted system to dd the image back into /dev/mtdblock3
dd count=12672 if=test.gz of=/dev/mtdblock3
The count is only a precaution to stop you overwriting something you shouldn't in case you end up with a abnormally large fs.img

Hope this helps someone else with a bricked DNS-323 as the WIKI / Guides are all for DSM-G600 units.

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#2 2008-02-12 00:15:36

kentsu
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Registered: 2008-02-12
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Re: DNS-323 Recovered from bricked 1.04 Update

Could you please elaborate a little on this? What did you do exactly?

I bricked my own DNS-323 when flashing official 1.04 firmware. I am still in process of hunting down my proof of purchase and if there is a way to recover the box, I would appreciate it.

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#3 2008-02-12 01:58:42

The UnDead Kai
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Registered: 2008-02-03
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Re: DNS-323 Recovered from bricked 1.04 Update

Get your serial console working
http://dns323.kood.org/hardware:serial

Then follow the Debian install wiki until you get your DNS 323 booted over NFS.
http://dns323.kood.org/howto:install_debian

Note this 100% voids your warranty so DO NOT ATTEMPT to recover your unit unless you know exactly what your doing.
If this fails you may have trouble having the unit repaired at all.

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#4 2008-02-12 11:01:24

kentsu
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Registered: 2008-02-12
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Re: DNS-323 Recovered from bricked 1.04 Update

Thanks a bunch.

I will play my proof of purchase card instead. The device is still intact.

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