G-CONNECT - Boot messages investigation...


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** MARVELL BOARD: MinAik-88F6281 LE 

Let's back to my list of oddities:
  1. It's impossible create users, product comes with admin and guest account only.
  2. The Gigabit Ethernet works with gigabit speed only when the Wi-Fi is OFF, when ON (AP router mode) the speed is fast ethernet 100/10
  3. The android app is impossible download from my country.
  4. The hard drive comes formatted in FAT32. It's impossible write files larger then 4gb.
 Look the number 4... Now look this messages in the boot:


NTFS read/write support included
Hfs+/HfsX read/write support included

 
 Hmm... Interesting!! looks like this Linux distribution have the necessary to read and write in Windows NTFS format and Apple HFS. Both can solve the 4GB limit... I'll connect this drive in my computer using the USB cable present in the G-Connect box, backup all the directories structure and demonstration files and start a NTFS formatting...

I really recommend backup this file, perhaps the management app need this directory structure to work well.


As soon as I finished the formatting, I copied back the files and started the G-Connect without the USB connection. And the NTFS FORMAT WORKED!!!

  1. It's impossible create users, product comes with admin and guest account only.
  2. The Gigabit Ethernet works with gigabit speed only when the Wi-Fi is OFF, when ON (AP router mode) the speed is fast ethernet 100/10
  3. The android app is impossible download from my country.
  4. The hard drive comes formatted in FAT32. It's impossible write files larger then 4gb.

Wow one more line solved!!! No time to rest!! let's back to the boot messages....

I was really curious by the manufacturer of this Linux distro... Axentra Corporation - Hipserv



Linux version 2.6.31.8 (ramang@es5x86.axentra.com) (gcc version 4.3.2 (sdk3.3-ct-ng-1.4.1) ) #1 Mon Jul 25 13:46:05 EDT 2011

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INIT: version 2.86 booting
   Welcome to HipServ
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axentraserver.localdomain login:
     
 Based on this website, it's pretty simple get ssh access and better ROOT ACCESS!!!!

http://www.hipserv.com/downloads  > Open HipServ Native Linux Applications Installation

Read with calm this wisdom words...

You are a Linux developer and you want to take advantage of what your HipServ-powered product offers: a full blown Linux server! As an advanced Linux developer, you know that by accessing the root account of your HipServ-powered product and modifying its OS and/or Linux applications, you are voiding your manufacturer’s guarantee and your HipServ distribution is no longer supported by Axentra and/or your product vendor.

 
-In plain language, neither your product vendor nor Axentra can be expected to clean up for you if you make a mess with your root access-


OK I'll take the risk... Let's try to connect on the device.

Basically I need a product key... Well I got one 16 character string in the back of G-CONNECT below of MAC address.

So and the vendor string ??? Let me try this examples...
  • <account_name>_ hipserv2_netgear_<productkey>
  • <account_name>_hipserv2_seagateplug_<productkey
  • <account_name>_hipserv2_verbatim_<productkey
  • <account_name>_hipserv2_verbplug_<productkey
  • <account_name>_hipserv2_roxiovm_<productkey>
No luck, I'll send a mail to support and ask for the string... maybe someone answer my call...

Meanwhile I found this awesome repository of many NAS that use this same S.O.