[HowTo] Get a HeadStart on a WL-500gP

[ryzhov_al]

Any tip on how to proceed?

USB HDD or flash drive is not mounted. See syslog for details or post it here.

[caksi]

USB HDD or flash drive is not mounted. See syslog for details or post it here.

I have looked at the log but have not seen any clue, or don't know what to look for.

Log attached.

thanks again,

[raas]

ryzhov is right.. usb/flash drive isn't mounted.

-checked your connections (cables, connectors)?
-if hdd... does it spin up?

ssh and all isn't running because the asus can't find the software located in /opt

login wiht telnet (port 23) and see if there's anything listed in

/dev/discs/

there should be a disc0 if the asus has detected the harddisk

[caksi]

there should be a disc0 if the asus has detected the harddisk

ok there was no /dev/discs.

So I have powered down all the disks. Disconnected all disks except the one that usually was disc0. Waited some time. Rebooted, and /dev/disc0 came to live.
The last change I remember before losing disc0 was that external case of disk1 was broken and I had replaced the case with another case that has a USB hub.
Anyway, I rebooted the router a couple of times and it worked with all disks connected.
It may be that the order of devices appearing at /dev/discs could be different at every boot? Does it depend on the hub and if it has every port with a connected device or no device connected at all?
Any case, thank you everyone for your time and advice. It's working now and I'm happy with it.

[ryzhov_al]

So I have powered down all the disks. Disconnected all disks except the one that usually was disc0. Waited some time. Rebooted, and /dev/disc0 came to live.

The same story. One of my external HDD cases wont start after reboot. The cheapest one Helps same solution: turning off, and then on.

It may be that the order of devices appearing at /dev/discs could be different at every boot? Does it depend on the hub and if it has every port with a connected device or no device connected at all?

Anyway, first avaliable partition wil be mounted to /tmp/harddisk at startup. Its firmware feature.

[Ehsan]

First of all thank you for an excellent headstart compilation which sure makes it easier for the rest of us.

I have gone through the guide and done as prescribed. Everything works great except 2 things:

1) My printer (Brothers HL-2035) doesn't work. How do I activate it? It has worked great with the standard Asus firmware before I installed the HeadStart.

2) Samba isn't working on my Mac. Before (on the standard Asus firmware) I could access my external HD using the Mac, but this is not possible anymore. Why?

[xplay]

excellent headstart compilation !
I done a fresh install an every think works good with one exception :

After i done all instalation i was able to connect to my headstart homepage : http://192.168.1.1:8082

But after i made an ipk update / ipk upgrade apears the problem !!


I cant access headstart homepage : http://192.168.1.1:8082

with df i see that partitions are mounted correctly !
with ps axf i see that server lighttpd are running !

The script post mount /usr/local/sbin/post-mount is correct :

#! /bin/sh
/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung start 

I can access Samba on http://192.168.1.1:901/ so samba is running and works ok !

The only page that i cannot access is headstart homepage http://192.168.1.1:8082 !!!

any suggestions pls ?

[xplay]

Ok, i made a fresh install ... again ... and :

headstartd page works default :
samba work
all services working

BUT... always is a "BUT"

afer i made update & upgrade to ipkg ... all services crushed..

headstart - connection refused
samba - connection refused

from this point ...all thing are real annoying..

I think in repository they are many new version :samba2,bussybox,lightttpd..etc etc ... after upgrade all of them crushed !

maybe is time that someone should make a new HOW TO - step by step for all installation.. here are many "how to" and avery one is different !