IB-NAS4220-B userscript 0.21 08/01/25 - permanently include your mods

[skara]

Version 0.21 is just down below.
Hello,

this is a little package giving you the possibility to insert in an easy way own modifications at the NAS. As long as there's no alternative firmware or the promised development tools from Raidsonic i suppose it's quite useful.
The script will run different scripts at every NAS-boottime, so all your modifications will last even after poweroff.
It's modular and indented to be community supported. I won't give you the scripts (oh, maybe i will) but am willing to correct errors on "userscript". So please report any failures here and i'll try to fix it.

Installation:
Place package into public/applications/new_software/ and reboot. This will create a new folder public/applications/userscript/

Content:
init - is started at NAS-Boot and does ...
init.us - ... enable starting this. It runs after all other bootstuff is done, so your mods will be the last who come and not overriden by the flashcontent
example/* - some examples (see below), more to come from community
scripts/ - here your scripts have to be placed. pure textfiles are enough (they will get execute-bit automaticaly). Two conditions: it must be bash-scripts (including "#!/bin/sh") and the name must end with ".sh" eg "proftpd.sh"
config/ - it's indented to contain your config-files, which will be writen to the NAS (look at included proftp-script)

Examples included:
linkhddapp.sh / linkroot.sh - makes symlinks of /usr/hddapp/ and / under userscript/hddapp/ and userscript/root/ - useful at development. The config-files for the NAS-services are located under hddapp/etc/, so it's good for building your own configs.

unlinkhddapp.sh / unlinkroot.sh - what to you thing? it removes the links

proftpd.sh - exchanges ftpserver-settings with userscript/config/proftpd.conf and restarts the ftpserver. Obviously needs a conf located there. Use one of these at userscript/examples/config/. CAUTION: Get the right one depending on your system - eg. if your system is located at /mnt/md1 (raid-systems), get proftpd.conf.md1.
copy your needed conf to userscript/config/ and rename it to proftpd.conf!

Download at RapidShare (deleted - please use Version 0.2)

greetz
skara

PS: Some short "thanks" shows me, there's an interessed on it at our nongerman visitors. So if you want us to write more english give any feedback (even about our lack of english knowledge )

[skara]

New Version 0.21
/edit: v0.21 is a minor fix to v0.2. Error in examples/conf/proftp.conf.md1 is fixed. No need to get the new version, if you don't have RAID or don't use my exampleconfig!

Changes:
init.us is called without backup_button-stuff (but at the end though).

New Example:
example/path - changes $PATH-variable to fit your own bin-directories. move this script to userscript/scripts/
example/config/path - the needed ressourcefile. insert your wished path. multiple pathes are possible. simply separat by : - eg "/bin:/sbin". This file has to be moved to userscript/config

greetz
skara

[Zuah]

Nice work Skara. It's good to see that the community is improving the SW on NAS4220. Raidsonic support is next to nothing.

Could some one who speaks German translate the spindown fix (with USB flash drive) and other useful scripts to English. I have used Babel Fish but the translation isn't so good

[gmeyer]

Hi

1.) install the actual firmware (2.6.0.IB.1.RS.1)

2.) telnet to box, login as root
(if telnet-server not enabled, enable it with http://ip-of-the-box/cgi/telnet/telnet.cgi )

3.) prepare USB-Stick
insert USB-Stick, should be automatically detected as /dev/sda1 and mounted under /mnt/usb1 (check with "mount").
format it with ext2:

umount /dev/sda1 
mke2fs /dev/sda1 
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1

4.) create script:
"cd /mnt/md1/public"
"vi SpindownFix.sh"
switch to insert-mode ("i"), copy&paste the following code:
Code:

#!/bin/sh 
# IB-NAS4220: move /system to USB-Stick to allow HD spindown 
# 
# History: 
# 04.12.2007 - V1.0 
# 06.01.2008 - V1.1 
#            - ensure propper mounts at start 

#prepare to umount /system 
echo "stopping tasks ..." 
killall lpd 
killall crond 
/system/hddapp/etc/rc.d/S80samba.sh stop 
/system/hddapp/etc/rc.d/S85nfs.sh stop 
/system/hddapp/etc/rc.d/S91proftpd.sh stop 
killall slotDiskButton 
killall mdadm 

# ensure proper mounts at start 
echo "ensure proper mounts at start ..." 
sync 
umount /dev/md0 
umount /dev/sda1 
mount /dev/md0 /system 
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1 
#mount 

#delete USB-Stick and copy /system to USB-Stick 
echo "copying /system to USB-Stick ..." 
rm -rf /mnt/usb1/* 
(cd /system; tar cf - .) | (cd /mnt/usb1; tar xf -) 
sync 

#umount /system and mount USB-Stick 
cd / 
echo "remount /system ..." 
umount /mnt/usb1 
umount /system 
mount /dev/sda1 /system 
#mount 

#restart tasks 
echo "restarting tasks ..." 
/system/hddapp/bin/lpd 
/usr/sbin/crond 
/system/hddapp/etc/rc.d/S80samba.sh start 
/system/hddapp/etc/rc.d/S85nfs.sh start 
/system/hddapp/etc/rc.d/S91proftpd.sh start 
/usr/sausalito/handlers/base/raid/slotDiskButton 
mdadm --monitor --program=/usr/sausalito/handlers/base/raid/monitor --delay=5 /dev/md0 /dev/md1 & 

#disable bt_scheduling_start in crontab 
crontab -l | sed 's/\*\/5/#\*\/5/' > /var/tmp/cronjobs 
crontab /var/tmp/cronjobs 

# set HD spindown to 5 minutes 
hdparm -S60 /dev/hda 
hdparm -S60 /dev/hdb

press <ESC>, ":wq" to save

5.) "chmod 755 SpindownFix.sh" to make script exceutable

6.) execute "/mnt/md1/public/SpindownFix.sh", check output.

I hope, it's better than "Babel Fish" ;-)

Regards,
Gerhard

[skara]

Zitat von Zuah

Nice work Skara. It's good to see that the community is improving the SW on NAS4220. Raidsonic support is next to nothing.
Could some one who speaks German translate the spindown fix (with USB flash drive) and other useful scripts to English.

There are no other scripts at the moment. Noone else is willing to create one or to share it's knowledge - i don't know.
My sample should be enough for your own investigations. If you do any others, feel free to share it here.

greetz
skara

[xdegenev]

Thanks to blkhawk from #nas4220 on freenode which provide it its script ot me. I update it a bit as I found it sexy.

This remove the bit_torrent client to access HDD every 5 min. And allow to spindown the HDD if needed.

Add using the userscript package the following script:

#!/bin/sh
crontab -l | grep -v bt_scheduling | crontab -

Warning: No more bittorrent after it !

[frankmcg]

Skara,
Are you able to explain how I can combine using your userscript with the spindown fix? It seems that with the system mounted on USB I cannot make any changes to the system, including the web interface (things won’t save).

Is it the case that with system mounted on USB, I need to unplug USB, boot as normal, make the changes, save and reboot. Then reformat/copy system back onto USB as set out above? Is there a quicker way to do this eg what steps can I skip if I already have the USB system working?

[skara]

gmeyer - he who worked out this solution - actually translated it's knowledge into the wiki
It includes the necessary steps for including it with userscript.

greetz
skara

[frankmcg]

Thanks, although if I'm reading that correctly it just says that with the system mounted on USB you need to do everything twice, once with the stick and once without.

My problem seems to be that it doesn't save when mounted from the stick at all, so each time I make a change I have to remove the stick, reboot, make the change, reboot, insert stick, reformat then recopy the file system across!

Is there an easier way is what I'm asking! If this is what everyone else is doing then I will just up with it!

[skara]

Now i understand.
As far as i know all the changes should be done on the stick, if you use this script. (But i'm not sure)

But this problem seems to be offtopic in here. Please open a new thread if the problem resists.

greetz
skara