Homeserver 2 und Experte 4.0

[Warichet]

The "Remanentspeicher" resides in a partition on the flash and needs to be restored separately

Is it one of the unformatted partitions ?
If so, my partitionning scheme of a 1 GB flash is completely overkill (20, 50, 470, 470).
I guess a 500MB would have been fine as well.

[MarcusF]

The "Remanentspeicher" resides in a partition on the flash and needs to be restored separately. The "Pimp"-procedure does not take care of that. You can save it with "Remanentspeicher sichern" in the Experte.

This memory is used for everything you mark "remanent" in the Experte and e.g. the archives.

Marcus

[Warichet]

Remanent Speicher

Hi,

What about "Remanent Speicher" ?
What is it exactly and how is it created/used ?
I understand it is some form of permanent memory (for UZSU ?) to save data during power-off, so I guess it is written to flash.
Is it saved automatically by the Pimp procedure (copying all files from C: ) or does it need to be restored separately at the end of the procedure ?

[MarcusF]

If a 512 MB SDRAM module only gives 256 MB at the memory test, there is most probably an incompatibility between the board and the internal organization of the RAM. For example, a 512 MB module can consist of

8 64Mx8 chips
16 64Mx4 chips
16 32Mx8 chips
32 32Mx4 chips.

Those different varieties all have the same capacity, but the bus load (single-sided or double-sided RAM) and especially the refresh rate (4k or 8k) is different. The latter depends heavily on the internal organization of the RAM chips. The memory controller of the mainboard must support this, and if you put new RAM (with higher density chips) on an old mainboard there can be incompatibilites. Best bet on an older board is to find RAM of the same vintage, if possible - or use smaller capacity modules, as they often have older generation chips on them.

On the other hand the HS runs fine with 384 MB RAM, so you could live with it.

Marcus

[Warichet]

So, did you succeed with the RAM?

Yes and no.
The issue is still pending.
In fact, I've 2 problems with similar symptoms (to make things easy ...)
1) The RAM is specified at 133, but works only 1 time out of 2. Great !
In the BIOS I've adjusted a parameter which forces the RAM to run at 100. Seems to work
2) With 512MB installed on bank1: Memory ctr runs till 256MB
With 640MB installed (128MB on bank1, 512MB on bank2): Memory ctr runs till 384MB
It looks like my motherboard accepts only 256MB per memory slot. So a max of 512MB total. I'll try to exchange my 512MB against 2x256MB
I wonder if my motherboard is from the paleolitic or neolitic.

[henfri]

So, did you succeed with the RAM?

[Warichet]

"Übertragen" to file instead to HS

Merci Matthias

[MatthiasS]

"Übertragen" to file instead to HS

[Warichet]

Goto "Übertragen" and choose "file"

OK, but the HsTransfer utility expects a *.hst file, I've only .hs3 and .bak. I'd like to know how to create it. I've never used the HsTransfer before.

In the mean time, I used the Experte with the serial transfer option, worked fine.

@Jürgen
Maybe add a note in the beginning of your document about the .hst file.
Maybe at point 4 or 5, if the Firmware transfer doesn't start, do a FDISK /MBR
Maybe add a note for those who don't have the boot USB-HDD BIOS option, to work with a second flash module instead of a USB key, a bit more work but worth the time.

[MatthiasS]

Goto "Übertragen" and choose "file"

[Warichet]

Any hint, please ?

Problem solved, my mistake.

Yet another issue, the HsTransfer expects a .hst file, how can I create it ?

[Warichet]

Hello,

I've a problem on point 6 of the Pimp procedure "Firmware einspielen".
Nothing happens.
The HS is booting on the new flash.
The HS BIOS has COM1 enabled
It is waiting. On the monitor I see "Verifying DMI Pool Data".
The cable is the original one.
On the Experte PC, I'm running Firmupdt2.bat (using port 2)

Any hint, please ?

[Warichet]

But on your picture I seem to see only two slots?!

The poor quality photos are pictures of my HomeServer, which has only 2 memory slots.

It was a very bad idea on my side to show the nice picture with 3 slots.
This is NOT the picture of my HS, as mentionned before, I used it to illustrate that my HS has memory slots with TWO notches. So other information referred to memory slots with ONE notch, hence incompatible.

In a previous post, I attempted to identify my motherboard, based on Markus information: my tentative conclusion: it is a "EPIA" motherboard (propably not an "EPIA-V")
Conclusion based on the difference in BIOS versions.

All this discussion to say that my motherboard has the latest BIOS version (2.7), hence no BIOS update needed/possible and the Pimp procedure has to be slightly adapted because the option "boot USB-HDD" is not available in older BIOS.

Also, the Pimp procedure doesn't mention the "Remanent Speicher", nothing particular to do about that ?

[henfri]

Hello,

I was referring to:

Warichet, you posted a picture of the memory slots of your HomeServer and there are clearly 3 slots visible. This is definetly no Via Epia board.

But on your picture I seem to see only two slots?!

Greetings,
Hendrik

[Warichet]

But as noone has a clue, what Hardware exactly you have...

I thought all HomeServer 2 NET were the same.

Why don't you post fotos from inside?

Here they are.

But how can the forum be of help on this point?

I was begging for some practical info from someone who has done the upgrade recently, i.e. in the form of a reference to a memory module and where to buy it.