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kirkwood uboot for dlink dns-325 (1 reply)

@bodhi, In the topic u-boot for d-link dns35, you provide u-boot for the device but with the warning not to flash to nand. I have DLed the u-boot and have been able to boot via UART and there was much...

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Have I completely damaged the Zyxel NSA320S? (1 reply)

Have I completely damaged the Zyxel NSA320S? There is currently no reaction, The blue LED lights up when I connect the power supply. You do not turn on, you do not react... Brak połączenia po COM

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NAS WD EXT2ultra brické (no replies)

bonjour a tous, j'ai un NAS WD ext2 ultra HS, et lorsque je me connecte avec putty avec un USB UART j'ai un tas de chiffre et lettre qui défile dans putty. Le bouton reset est inopérant impossible...

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NSA325v2 bricked (no replies)

Hello, I recently got my hands on an NSA325v2 Zyxel NAS and I wanted to install debian on it. I followed the various procedures but I think I bricked my NAS. I tried connecting it via serial UART: usb...

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Pogoplug mobile, usb port problem (3 replies)

Hi all I flashed 2017 uboot for pogoplug v4 and 2016 envs. Made rootfs on usb stick but uboot does not detect usb sticks, tried sandisk and kingston sticks. However led light on usb stick turns on....

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ZYXEL NSA310S bricked... (1 reply)

Hi. I tried to install Debian on my ZYXEL NSA310S device and I must have done something wrong. Now the device does not work and I cannot communicate via UART. Can anyone help me? How to fix UART...

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2024.10 U-Boot Kirkwood - DNS-325 (no replies)

2024.10 U-Boot Kirkwood - DNS-325 This instruction is under tested. Please wait until I remove this warning. ========================================= Update 09 Apr 2025 Download at Dropbox I have not...

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PogoPlug E02 doesn't boot (no replies)

It's been a long time since I used Pogoplug, so I wanted to reinstall everything from scratch to update it. I just updated my uBoot, which was a mistake. I think I bricked it. When it boots, I don't...

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Completely bricked u-boot on PogoPlug v4 Mobile (4 replies)

I've completely bricked u-boot on my PogoPlug v4 Mobile. I was attempting to upgrade it via serial + tftp, but clearly messed it up. Now, I'm getting literally no output from the serial connection,...

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Using 2015.10 U-Boot for Pogoplug V3 (OXNAS OX820) with AKiTio MyCloud Mini...

I have been following this forum for some time and have been using the SATA boot version of 2013.10 U-Boot for OXNAS on my AKiTio MyCloud Mini. However, the AKiTio MyCloud Mini cannot boot with a...

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Zyxel 325v2 (1 reply)

Hello, I'm currently trying to reinstall my Zyxel 325v2 with Debian and am following these instructions: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,12381 Unfortunately, I don't have flash_erase /dev/mtd0 0...

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Help with UART Pins of DS415+ (1 reply)

I need the pinout for the DS415+ UART port. I need to know the GND, TX, RX, and 3.3V pins, assuming I'm looking directly at the connector. The row of 3 pins closest to the motherboard is row 1 and the...

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DS418J no ethernet (no replies)

Hello all, A friend gave me a DS418J for repair. The ethernet slot is dead, there is no link created and the NAS is not recognized on the network. I tried : - hard reset - with and wiohout hard disk -...

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Helios64, tftpboot (no replies)

I'm trying to load files over tftp to my Kobol Helios64. This box has 2 ethernet ports, one 2.5Gbit, and one 1Gbit. When I give any network related command, it gives a repeated 'dw_dm_mdio_init: mdio...

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can't stop autoboot via uart Iomega ix2-dl(ng) (1 reply)

Hello, I want to flash my ix2-dl(ng) to openwrt. To do this, I need to stop the “autoboot” process during the boot phase. But I can't do this because the device simply does not respond to any...

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Zyxel NSA325 messed up uboot - recovery - de-brick (17 replies)

@brodhi i have a 2nd nsa325 which i fu**ed up some years ago while flashing uboot (maybe corrupt). now i tried to kwboot it but it works only parcially: Zyxel-NAS325-OpenWRT$ kwboot -t -B 115200...

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Pogoplug V4 wont boot from SD on uBoot 2023.04 (5 replies)

Hello there, i recently got a fully new Pogoplug V4 from work and decided to install debian and stuff, used my Pi1 for TTL and i manage to make it work, only issue is that the SD didnt boot unless i...

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changing dtb (1 reply)

Sorry for all the posts, I would have deleted this if I could I think it will be OK. I messed up the environment and used setenv dtb_file /boot/dts/kirkwood-nsa320.dtb boot to fix it, not sure

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LenovoEMC HMEZ (19 replies)

Hello I'm new to this forum and think I've come to the right place. I've been trying to get my LenovoEMC HMEZ up and running again for days. I've tried various options, but unfortunately all my...

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QNAP TS-228A RTD1295 (4 replies)

Hi there! I would like to modify my the boot device on the TS-228A to exchange my old NAS326. My first goal would be to boot Linux on a flash drive. IIRC this SoC pretty much gained mainline support...

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Pogoplug V4: Bad eraseblock 2 at 0x000000040000 (8 replies)

I have a Pogoplug Mobile with a bad eraseblock 2, and another with a bad eraseblock 3. I was reading U-Boot: dmesg | grep -i 'bad' --> Bad eraseblock 72 at 0x000000900000 which says there is a work...

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Stock env for Zyxel NSA310 (7 replies)

Hello all, is here somebody who has backup of the original env from stock firmware Zyxel NSA310? Thanks for any advice.

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synology DS920+ unbrick boot (no replies)

Hi, I am stuck trying to fix the Synology DS920+ BIOS, which does not boot and just has a blinking blue light. I have read the BIOS from the original chip; it is 16 MB, but the new file I got from the...

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Iomega ix2-200ng U-boot needed (10 replies)

Hi Bodhi, thanks for you help! I have prepared a linux host with UART USB-TTL and I have used kwboot and pococom and expect to save job but have received only Sending boot message.Please reboot the...

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Any tips for getting a PA-220 to boot Linux? (1 reply)

I recently bought a retired Palo Alto PA-220 hardware firewall, it appears not to have a working copy of the factory OS on it, but I understand these are supposed to be uBoot based devices. I'm not...

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Only cold boot is working in Pogoplug V3 (OXNAS OX820) (4 replies)

Hi! I have a Pogoplug V3 configured with the latest U-Boot 2015.10-tld-2 that refuses to boot when a "reboot" or "shutdown -rf now" command are issued. It does, however, boot perfectly fine when...

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Work-around for Pogoplug V4 bad Erase Block 0 thru 3? (15 replies)

I configure my Pogoplug V4 devices so the new boot loader will load the factory OS by kicking off the OLD boot loader when there's no bootable SD card or USB drive. This got me to thinking, I wonder...

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Updated Cavium U-boot (3 replies)

Hey all. I now have a CH-341A programmer and feel confident that I can unbrick my Seagate Business NAS 4-Bay if needed. I saw this topic thread: https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,12381,page=1 and...

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Pogoplug v4-A3-01 corrupted (6 replies)

Hi I bought this pogoplug device more than 8 year ago and was there in my garage. So I thought to give it a second chance. So I googled about the thinks to do with it finally disused to install...

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Boot vmlinuz / zImage (no replies)

Hi. This year I cleaned up my old stuff and tried to sell my Dockstars, NSA320 and Zyxel NAS LSGL, but before doing so I wanted to get the to Debian 12/13. And it's great you guys are keeping these...

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