DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

dumb question but do you flash RC1 first then run the fix script or the other way around?

I would think flash first then run script.

I just installed the new firmware and I'm completely new to this. I'm interested in setting up a vpn to my home network through this, is there a thread anywhere that explains how to use/setup the openvpn package mentioned in the "new packages" section?

All of the ones I found were from a year or two ago at least

I'm not at all experienced when it comes to linux so a step-by-step guide would be helpful

Thanks

1st of all this is my 1st post and I'd like to thank you for the ALTF firmware.
Been running it for 2 weeks on my DNS323 rev.B

I have a few things I need help with:
- the status page always shows a red * for each drive. I checked the file systems, there were some errors and they were corrected but the red * still shows;
- about once every 2 days the I find the nas turned off. I have no idea why;
- is there a way to get the prompt to login before getting access to any page? Now the status page doesn't ask for any password.
- can we have SSL login and access to the web interface?
- is ALTF slower than the latest Dlink firmware? With the same test system I used to copy with ~16MB/sec, with ALTF I get at max 11MB/sec;
- anything can be done to lower the memory fingerprint?

Thanks! Looking forward to v1 final

Last edited by dnser323-ca (2011-11-28 04:20:04)

Hello Dan,

you must copy and run an additional script via telnet access. Otherwise you will have problems accesing your shared volumes because of a new samba package. How this must be applied is described with the included readme file.

Regards

grundigboy

Thanks João for all your efforts.

I updated to the latest RC1, ran the Samba update script which also updated all my installed packages as well.

It gives me great confidence in using this software, and also updating, when things work so well.

TuxHH wrote:

Has anyone else problems with the usb-storage driver?

Since 0.7 i have the minidlna running and put his database to /mnt/sdc1/minidlna and that works pretty well. Now after update something trash the database

[2011/10/16 14:54:28] sql.c:41: error: SQL ERROR 10 [disk I/O error]

So i tried to rebuild the complete database with "minidlna -R" that results to trash with errors like

[2011/10/16 14:54:29] sql.c:41: error: SQL ERROR 11 [database disk image is malformed]

Now i have moved the database back to /var/lib/mediadlna and it seems to run well. But data loss on usb-storage is something new for me.

I have no problem with USB attached disks or pens, and nobody else complained.
Was you using a pen/thumb drive? Those have flash-based memory devices, not suitable to frequent writes.

dnser323-ca wrote:

Is there a way to convert the file system from EXT2 to EXT4 without loosing the data?
I mean I'm pretty sure the answer is no as there are so many things that could go wrong but it's worth asking.

As a matter of fact there is:

Disk->Filesystems

on the appropriate FS line select under "New FS Operations"

New Fs->select the new FS you want, then
Operation->Convert

The FS will be converted and new files will use the new FS characteristics. Old files remain as they are. For converting those, you might want to read the topic "e2fsprogs in ffp outdated but needed for final ext4 migration" in the Alt-F group.

@jcard: I meant if there is a way of not having access to any page (including the status page) without logging in.

I consider that a feature... as any user might diagnose problems -- it's like a car fuel gauge. What are the disadvantages?

One more thing: On the status page it shows the clients having mounted filesystems. How accurate is that info.
If I have a client saving a 10kB file on the NAS once a day at 1PM, is it normal to see it listed as still connected at 10PM?

You mean smb/cifs? It just shows what samba reports, probably the client has not closed the connection?