NASLite Network Attached Storage

I have installed a Promise SATA300 TX4302 in order to resync to an external drive. The NAS is in a vulnerable situation, and I want my garage to be able to take a backup home.

The BIOS of the controller card recognizes and identifies the Seagate hard drive which is in a a Freecom Hard Drive Dock. The interface is eSATA. Card and dock seem to like each other.

NASLite booting stops in the section System Drivers:

USB Universal Host Controller [DONE]
Driver usbcore [DONE]
Probing [BUSY]

During booting the USB keyboard becomes dysfunctional.

When I boot with the dock off, everything seems to go normal, and drivers are loaded for the Promise controller, though some parts of the syslog may raise an eyebrow:

# Jan 11 17:07:14 [1] sata_promise 0000:00:07.0: version 2.12
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [4] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 4
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [1] PCI: setting IRQ 4 as level-triggered
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [2] sata_promise 0000:00:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKB] -> GSI 4 (level, low) -> IRQ 4
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [2] scsi0 : sata_promise
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [2] scsi1 : sata_promise
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [2] scsi2 : sata_promise
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [2] scsi3 : sata_promise
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [2] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio m4096@0xde000000 ata 0xde000380 irq 4
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [2] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio m4096@0xde000000 ata 0xde000280 irq 4
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [2] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio m4096@0xde000000 ata 0xde000200 irq 4
# Jan 11 17:07:14 [2] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 mmio m4096@0xde000000 ata 0xde000300 irq 4
# Jan 11 17:07:15 [2] usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
# Jan 11 17:07:15 [2] ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
# Jan 11 17:07:15 [2] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
# Jan 11 17:07:15 [2] ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
# Jan 11 17:07:15 [2] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [2] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [2] 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [2] 8139too 0000:00:08.0: enabling device (0004 -> 0007)
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [4] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [1] PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [2] 8139too 0000:00:08.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [2] eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa000, 00:10:a7:10:93:be, IRQ 10
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [1] eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [2] 8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004)
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [4] 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.26.02.002.
# Jan 11 17:07:16 [2] 3w-xxxx 0000:00:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
# Jan 11 17:07:22 [2] scsi4 : 3ware Storage Controller
# Jan 11 17:07:22 [4] 3w-xxxx: scsi4: Found a 3ware Storage Controller at 0x9800, IRQ: 11.
# Jan 11 17:07:22 [3] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access 3ware Logical Disk 0 1.2 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] ide-gd driver 1.18
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] hda: max request size: 128KiB
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] hda: 249984 sectors (127 MB) w/1KiB Cache, CHS=248/16/63
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] hda:
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] hda1 hda2
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] input: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.3/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input3
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] generic-usb 0003:046D:C309.0001: input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:04.3-1/input0
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] input: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.3/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.1/input/input4
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] generic-usb 0003:046D:C309.0002: input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:04.3-1/input1
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [4] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [3] sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] 625140400 512-byte hardware sectors: (320 GB/298 GiB)
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [3] sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [1] sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [3] sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: disabled, supports DPO and FUA
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [2] sda: sda1
# Jan 11 17:07:24 [3] sd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
# Jan 11 17:07:50 [2] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1
# Jan 11 17:07:51 [5] hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
# Jan 11 17:07:51 [5] hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
# Jan 11 17:07:51 [5] hda: possibly failed opcode: 0xb0
# Jan 11 17:07:52 [2] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
# Jan 11 17:07:52 [2] EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
# Jan 11 17:07:52 [2] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
# Jan 11 17:10:20 [5] ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4010000 action 0xe frozen
# Jan 11 17:10:20 [5] ata1: hotplug_status 0x80
# Jan 11 17:10:20 [5] ata1: SError: { PHYRdyChg DevExch }
# Jan 11 17:10:20 [2] ata1: hard resetting link
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [2] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [2] ata1.00: ATA-8: ST3320418AS, CC37, max UDMA/133
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [2] ata1.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [2] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [2] ata1: EH complete
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [3] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3320418AS CC37 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [3] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors: (320 GB/298 GiB)
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [3] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [1] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [3] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [2] sdb:
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [2] sdb1
# Jan 11 17:10:26 [3] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
# Jan 11 17:11:21 [5] ata1: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x190002 action 0xe frozen
# Jan 11 17:11:21 [5] ata1: hotplug_status 0x8
# Jan 11 17:11:21 [5] ata1: SError: { RecovComm PHYRdyChg 10B8B Dispar }
# Jan 11 17:11:21 [2] ata1: hard resetting link
# Jan 11 17:11:22 [2] ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
# Jan 11 17:11:27 [2] ata1: hard resetting link
# Jan 11 17:11:27 [2] ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
# Jan 11 17:11:27 [4] ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [2] ata1: hard resetting link
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [2] ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [4] ata1.00: disabled
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [2] ata1: EH complete
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [2] ata1.00: detaching (SCSI 0:0:0:0)
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [3] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [2] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x04 driverbyte=0x00
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [3] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Stopping disk
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [4] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] START_STOP FAILED
# Jan 11 17:11:32 [2] sd 0:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x04 driverbyte=0x00

Anybody a clue?

Couldn't wait for a solution within the realm of NASLite.

I think I found a better option:

I installed the PCI SATA controller in the XP computer, and connected the dock. I mapped Disk-1 to that computer, en will make incremental backup's with Acronis True Image to the hard drive in the dock.

I couldn't find a Rsync possibility. If there is, tell me how.

PieterB