red and green light flashing on NSLU2

[currter]

I wanted to flash my NSLU2 device with the original Linksys firmware, so I went to the Administration Upgrade Mode thinking I could flash the device with the old firmware.  Now I do not have access to the network storage device and the light is alternately flashing red and green. I may have made a mistake in trying to reset the device as well.

Is it possible to recover from this mode?  I have no idea what the IP address would be now for the device.  I do not want to deal with JTAG and all.  Is all hope lost and I should just recycle this device?

Thank you.

[Ian White-7]

This red-green flashing probably means that it is indeed in the "upgrade mode"

See http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/UseTheResetButtonToEnterUpgradeMode

So you could re-flash using either "upslug2" utility or the Sercom, "upgrade" tool

See http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/RecoverFromABadFlash

However you may just be able to hard-power-cycle (i.e. unplug and then reconnect the DC jack)
and the slug will typically revert back to your previous ("unslung"?) firmware
(well that it what it has done when I tried this)

Note that it *may* have reverted to the default fixed IP address of 192.168.1.77 rather than DHCP-assigned
So you could try changing your PC's IP config to access it

But you really ought to try searching the www.nslu2-linux.org project Wiki before asking on this forum because it provides answers to loads of the standard issues/problems that people have with their slugs.

Cheers
Ian W.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: currter
  To: nslu2-linux@...
  Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:19 PM
  Subject: [nslu2-linux] red and green light flashing on NSLU2





  I wanted to flash my NSLU2 device with the original Linksys firmware, so I went to the Administration Upgrade Mode thinking I could flash the device with the old firmware. Now I do not have access to the network storage device and the light is alternately flashing red and green. I may have made a mistake in trying to reset the device as well.

  Is it possible to recover from this mode? I have no idea what the IP address would be now for the device. I do not want to deal with JTAG and all. Is all hope lost and I should just recycle this device?

  Thank you.



 

[currter]

Never mind. I fixed the problem before I could respond back here. Thank you for the information. I managed to restore the device
using the method you suggested.

Everything is working again.




--- In nslu2-linux@..., "Ian White" <iandavidwhite@...> wrote:

>
> This red-green flashing probably means that it is indeed in the "upgrade mode"
>
> See http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/UseTheResetButtonToEnterUpgradeMode
>
> So you could re-flash using either "upslug2" utility or the Sercom, "upgrade" tool
>
> See http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/RecoverFromABadFlash
>
> However you may just be able to hard-power-cycle (i.e. unplug and then reconnect the DC jack)
> and the slug will typically revert back to your previous ("unslung"?) firmware
> (well that it what it has done when I tried this)
>
> Note that it *may* have reverted to the default fixed IP address of 192.168.1.77 rather than DHCP-assigned
> So you could try changing your PC's IP config to access it
>
> But you really ought to try searching the www.nslu2-linux.org project Wiki before asking on this forum because it provides answers to loads of the standard issues/problems that people have with their slugs.
>
> Cheers
> Ian W.
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: currter
>   To: nslu2-linux@...
>   Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:19 PM
>   Subject: [nslu2-linux] red and green light flashing on NSLU2
>
>
>
>
>
>   I wanted to flash my NSLU2 device with the original Linksys firmware, so I went to the Administration Upgrade Mode thinking I could flash the device with the old firmware. Now I do not have access to the network storage device and the light is alternately flashing red and green. I may have made a mistake in trying to reset the device as well.
>
>   Is it possible to recover from this mode? I have no idea what the IP address would be now for the device. I do not want to deal with JTAG and all. Is all hope lost and I should just recycle this device?
>
>   Thank you.
>