Helios4 doesn't boot after upgrading to linux-6.6.71 (linux-image-current-mvebu_25.2.0-trunk.343)

[Nova]

I'll never be able to say it, but this community is the best I've ever seen.
I want to thank you because once again, I couldn't have solved the problem without it.

Thanks @djurny, all the people of this post.

[Vodalex]

After edititing the nano /boot/armbianEnv.txt via SSH with the values as suggested I could update my Helios 4 and it is running now with armbian 25.2.3 and kernel 6.6.86 Thanks for the help!

Thank you so much @djurny and all the others!

Edited Saturday at 11:48 AM by Vodalex

[helios4noob]

glad i stumbled on this  - had the same problem and i spent the weekend reconfiguring my nas and turning off all updates for now. Igor you have done great work over the years and absolutely understand the difficulty. I wish I knew programming and could assist. However the helios4 has had a great run, its def time for an upgrade. 

[Nova]

I can't understand why no one in the world has thought of releasing another 64-bit ARM motherboard with 4 SATA ports or 6 SATA ports.

And that way, we don't have to end up buying a Synology or something worse... I guess we're heading for extinction like dinosaurs.

[kratz00]

Hi @djurny

 

Great find, are you planing on upstreaming your changes?

Not sure, but I guess all it would need is to update arm-mvebu-helios4-Update-Load-address.patch which can be found here: https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/main/patch/u-boot/legacy/u-boot-helios4/board_helios4

[blood]

1 hour ago, Nova said:

I can't understand why no one in the world has thought of releasing another 64-bit ARM motherboard with 4 SATA ports or 6 SATA ports.

Take a look at Radxa Rock 5 ITX. You can definitely make a NAS out of one of them.

[djurny]

HI @kratz00.

I'm indeed trying to get myself familiiarized with the build system and making pull requests for this and some other little nitpicky things that I think might help others.

 

Hi @Nova,

There is also the Helios64, also from Kobol:

https://kobol.io/

 

There have been some issues with it though, related to the DFS function and the 2.5Gbe NIC hardware. I'm running mine for some years already, albeit still on Buster (from 2020 with kernel 5.9.13). Also I am not using the DFS function and set the CPU frequency (fixed governor either powersave or performance) explicitly before it starts backing up (it's my long term backup server). Most probably the newest armbian will run without major issues - except the 2.5Gbe NIC functionality as that was hardware related.

 

Groetjes,

 

PS I'm not affiliated with Kobol in any way whatsoever.