1.04a1 release CH3SNAS firwmware, 1st release in 1.04 range. Only for beta-testers.

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• UPnP Media Server content instantly updated by SMB and FTP transfer
• Sending e-mail: allow the use of . and - in e-mail addresses
• NFS v3 Server Support (kernel module support) enabled. Engineer forgot to enable it previous time(s) where it should be enabled as we wrote it was supported. Additional you need Fun_Plug to get it working
• Scandisk feature: removed. Too much issues

This firmware is as-is and not qualified (yet) to be released through the conceptronic.net website.

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just around 17.00 I will post the 1st 1.04 release .. for CH3SNAS .. keep watching this site

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Last week published through the official channel: the GNU/GPL sourcecode for CH3SNAS 1.03 firmware

No idea if people use it, if if you do: have fun with it

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I’ve new firmware available for those sending me an e-mail @ dennis @ aroundmyroom dot com

it’s 1.03 (0418.2008) where we have removed the scandisk function and fixed the e-mail issues with regard to the . and - characters not be able to use to store/save it.

In reply to reports of users mentioning that the HDD does not want to go into standby: engineers are not able to reproduce this <sigh>, so I must collect as much info as possible

• How Much HDD? 1 or 2 ?
• What is/are the brandname(s) of the HDD(s) ?
• If you use 1 HDD, is it inserted LEFT or RIGHT (frontview) ?
• If you use 2 HDD which one does not spindown ?
• With which firmware did you format the HDD: 1.02, 1.03 ?
• How is it formatted? Single Disk, Raid1 etc…
• Do you use UPnP Server ?
• Do you use iTunes Server ?
• Did you enable PowerSave ?
• Do you use Fun_Plug ?
• Any other additional info you want to give?

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Please find in this entry the preview of the 1.03Final version just before it will be posted onto the official site at the end of this week.  Somewhere next week (but I will not be here in Europe)

This 1.03Final (2nd version) will be exact the same version when published at the Conceptronic driver website

The reason why it’s published here is to get valuable feedback from early adaptors so that a certain unseen important bug can be noticed before.

Our first version was withdrawn due to a nasty bug mentioned by early adaptors: data transferred could get corrupted. After getting a fix, there were still some issues left (rename folders causing an error message and ssl ftp did not work anymore), so therefore it took more time to release the 1.03Final version than expected. S O R R Y.

In this release some new added features and fixes compared to previous 1.03 version.

• Fixed: formatting is stopping at 94%
• Fixed: DHCP server issue offering IP to client
• Fixed: Scan disk failure
• Change: Changing cramfs into SquashFS
• Added function:  fun_plug does not work on sdb2 : Fixed.
• Fixed: data corruption (files getting bigger) when storing data with alternative tools (Total Commander etc).
• Added: PureFTPD supports SIZE and MDTM 
• Fixed: HDD1 unable to sleep in Raid1 mode
• Added Request : FTP Server support option -O : ftp logging
• Change: UPnP server: Refresh newly added files automatically,  so we removed the “Refresh” button and Auto Refresh Timer from the GUI. (enable / disable will re-index the total database) The database will not be updated when using FTP. This change will make the UPnP server run more stable.
• Added Request : PureFTPD supports SSL
• Added function: Scan Disk functionality

no guarantees & warranties ;-)

download here

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update .. my newbie geek linux backup script is here what is wrong? Anyone like to help further? Maybe I can learn from it

PLEASE HELP! ;-)

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Important info: 1.03Final can cause files to become corrupted when copying data with an alternative copy tool, like: Total Commander and/or TeraCopy etc. This has been reported by several users and I could finally reproduce it today.

Therefore please use 1.03b6a again to be sure your copied data will not be corrupted!

New firmware to be expected today /tomorrow. It will be the final 1.03 version

Released: 1.03Final 

• added Request : PureFTPD supports SIZE and MDTM
• added Request: SSL support
• Fixed: HDD1 unable to sleep in Raid1 mode
• added Request : FTP Server support option -O : ftp logging
• Refresh only new added files automatically (instantly), so remove the “Refresh” button and Auto Refresh Timer from GUI for UPnP AV server part / I-Tunes part. this will give more stability and better performance. Note: Works through SAMBA shares, FTP is unknown
• added Request: NFS v3 option enabled (for use with fun_plug: untested)
• added: scandisk returned
• Questionmark: fun_plug installation workable? Existing installations seems to work, but I was unable to get it working on my device (from scratsch) <sigh> unrar the funplug put it in the root of Volume_1 .. reboot .. no go :-( I think I do something wrong .. strange: Volume_2 .. worked

Other options requested are scheduled for 1.04 (like the HELO part for Matthijs)

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Demo’s van de Media Giant PVR .. een bijna alles-in-1 oplossing. Analoge TV, Verschillende inputs waaronder Composiet, Firewire, USB, uitgangen zoals: HDMI, Composiet. HDD erin, eventueel een PLC (Ethernet over Power) en kan tezamen met de ingebouwde TwonkyServer data streamen over je netwerk

En dan nog een persoonlijke favo: CFULLHDMA. Een Full HD (1080p) player. Trek je MKV’s, H.264’s van een CH3SNAS of een USB HDD en gaan met die banaan .. Erg geweldig was de 10.000BC trailer ..

morgen de laatste fotootjes ..

Oja .. wellicht komt er ook nog ergens een interview met me op het internet wat ze voor cdfreaks.com hebben opgenomen

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This would have been 1.03final if there was not found a nasty bug in the GUI where you are not able to modify a user. Reason: the apply button does not function, so here I present you: CH3SNAS 1.03b6  CH3SNAS 1.03b6a firmware.

• Known issue: users cannot be modified, must be deleted and recreated.
  • fixed in 1.03b6a
• Fixed: HDD cannot go into idle / sleep mode
• Fixed: GUI did not give ability to remove shares
• Added feature: support for Jumbo Frames .. change the MTU value from 3000~9000
• Added feature: Central European codepage support to FTP Server.

note: as the HDD’s will fall into standby / idle state it can take some time to start an FTP or other transfer setting as the HDD’s have to go into active state again (seems logical).

Although this firmware will not destroy your data: there is no guarantee of course .. it’s beta .. ;-) 

Feedback is appreciated

the message created to trigger tweakers.

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In some very rare conditions (I still did not found when and why) it’s possible that a RAID1 array made onto the CH3SNAS gets into a degraded status and even a reboot is not solving the issue.

How to get the RAID array fixed again?

First of all: make sure you have telnet running. Telnet can be installed by using one of the many fun_plugs around. So no explanation from me about that.

Login to the shell

first check the actual raid status:

 # cat /proc/mdstat

Normally you should get something like this: 

Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1]
md0 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
xxxxx blocks [2/2] [UU]

But when degraded the raid status shows: [_U] or [U_]

Do some debugging with the command:

# mdadm -D /dev/md0

This will show the actual HDD’s in the array. For the CH3SNAS it can be:

/dev/sda2 or /dev/sdb2 if one of the disks is not in the array anymore you have to add it manually by using the following command:

mdadm /dev/md0 -a [degraded hdd]

this is: /dev/sdb2 or /dev/sda2

System will report: 

mdadm: hot added /dev/sdb2; and the array will be synced again (seen through webinterface or using the `# cat /proc/mdstat command`)

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