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Hi AQUAR!

I tried to change the original (ver. 1.1.1) firmware to Opengemini 1.4. I did everything step by step as you described, except, so I use fixed IP ( 192.168.0.100 ) for my Box. I pushed "Upgrade" button and I'm waiting for reboot about 5 minutes, but no action. Only three leds was on ( POWER, LAN, STATUS ), no blinks, no nothing.
I pushed my Firefox's refresh button. It send something to the box ...
After few seconds, all leds became on and that was all. 10 minutes later I switched off the Box and now I have a scrap.

Is possible to rewrite flash?

I don't have an expensive level shifter cable and I don't have/use windows. In Linux ( my op. system is Debian 7 KDE ), not to easy to use serial ports or virtual ( usb to serial ) serial ports.
Could you give me some help or tip?
Regards: -=L=-

Hi!
Thank you for your help.

What did I do:

I did everything, as described you.
I set up the NAS IP to a fixed IP ( 192.168.0.100 )
I set up my PC IP to 192.168.0.150
I restarted NAS and PC too, checked IPs again
I swithced off all ( NAS and PC ).
I pulled out the LAN cables ( NAS an PC ) from the router, and pulled out the HDD from the NAS's bay.
I connected the PC directly to the NAS with LAN cable ( not cross cable ).
I powered up all, and checked connection with ping command ( from terminal : ping 192.168.0.100 ).
I started Firefox, called the NAS's rescue page, checked the connection with LED test and checked factory firmware version ( it was 1.1.1 ).
I chose the OpenWRT firmware, which I downloaded from the web site: http://opengemini.free.fr/wiki/doku.php?id=openwrtv ( images-mvixusa2openwrt-mbox_v1.4.bin )
I pushed "Start Upgrade" button.
After not happened nothing...from here, you know the rest of my story.

I tried to discover the actual IP of the Box with nmap, ping, telnet, ssh. I see, so the LAN led blinks, but no result from nmap and so on.
One interesting thing. If I powered on the box with simultaneously pushed down the front switches, the box made a led tests ( leds blinks sequentially ), and few seconds later all leds goes off.

I uploaded a picture, and i marked the RSR232 port. Is it right ? Is possible to use to reflash the MX29LV640 chip?

Best regards : -=L=-

Hi!
I hope, I found it!
root@debian7kde:/home/vlad# nmap -sP 192.168.0.100-254

Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-12-08 18:42 CET
mass_dns: warning: Unable to determine any DNS servers. Reverse DNS is disabled. Try using --system-dns or specify valid servers with --dns-servers
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.100
Host is up.
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.199
Host is up (0.00023s latency).
MAC Address: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (Eunicorn) [I checked this MAC. It was OK]
Nmap done: 155 IP addresses (2 hosts up) scanned in 5.89 seconds
root@debian7kde:/home/vlad# ping 192.168.0.199
PING 192.168.0.199 (192.168.0.199) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.199: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.153 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.199: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.115 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.199: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.135 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.199: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.184 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.199: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.117 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.199: icmp_req=6 ttl=64 time=0.117 ms
^C
--- 192.168.0.199 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 4997ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.115/0.136/0.184/0.029 ms
root@debian7kde:/home/vlad# ssh 192.168.0.199
ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.199 port 22: Connection timed out
root@debian7kde:/home/vlad# telnet 192.168.0.199
Trying 192.168.0.199...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out

What is the next step?
Best regards : -=L=-

Hi!
Sorry, I didn't understand, how should I set up the IP range... ?(
My desktop network config is
:
/etc/network/interfaces
"
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
"
How possible to set up better?

Best regards : -=L=-

Hi!
What did I do:

MBox powered on and connected directly to my desktop with an RJ45 cable ( no cross cable ).
I edited the network parameters and saved it in 'interfaces' file.
"
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
# allow-hotplug eth0
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
"
PC powered off and on, but MBox remained on state.
After restart, I opened a terminal, and:

vlad@debian7kde:~$ su
Password:
root@debian7kde:/home/vlad# nmap -sP 192.168.1.2-255

Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-12-11 13:29 CET
mass_dns: warning: Unable to determine any DNS servers. Reverse DNS is disabled. Try using --system-dns or specify valid servers with --dns-servers
Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.2
Host is up.
Nmap done: 254 IP addresses (1 host up) scanned in 10.44 seconds
root@debian7kde:/home/vlad#

No other device on the network, except my desktop ( 192.168.1.2 ), as you see in the scan report.

What is the next?
Best regards : -=L=-

Hi!

Sorry, I was busy last few weeks...

Please, help me, how can I download openwrt ( or redboot ) via serial port.
I bougth a cheap usb to serial device ( http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-PL2303HX-US…t-/171127768483 ).
I connected my usb device to a four pins port on the NAS motherboard, but not happened nothing...
Is the four pin connector the JTAG connector?
What is the basic setting for serial port ( 9600 N81 )?
What kind of terminal program need to use for it? I tried with realterm ( http://realterm.sourceforge.net/ ), Putty, but no connection or not possible to download the file( redboot.bin ).

Regards: -=L=-