DNS-320L Disks NOT available after installing last FIX

[David Garcia]

Hi all,

My DNS-320L has the original Firmware.

I updated the firmware with this FIX:

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https://fanta.56k.es/firmware/FW-NAS-Dlink_Dns_320L/
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Because the original firmware did not have SAMBA 3, which is

now kind of mandatory.

The installation came with no error, the box rebooted, put my disks are not available.

The systemlog is attached.

Please HELP.

Bet regards

David.

[Tom Schmidt]

First, the website you downloaded the firmware from is not the official source.  You should use the https://sourceforge.net/projects/alt-f/ site for your download.  I looked at the firmware file on the site you downloaded from, and fortunately it is the same as from the official website.

Looking at your log file, your 2 disks are mounted as RAID on /dev/md1.  I suggest logging into the WebUI of your system and checking the Disks -> Filesystems page to verify that all disks are mounted and exported as you want them to be.  You may also need to add the WSDD2 package for newer Windows 10/11 systems to be able to see your shared folders.

Tom

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

You are the VERY first person to read my post and answer it, thus I AM VERY GRATEFUL!!

Here are some of the findings I have:

There are 4 lights at the front:

Light 1 is the power on  light, when it is ready its solid blue, with the new firmware is it blue blinking.

Light 2

Light 3 Disk 1, when ready solid blue, now it is red/orange blinking

Light 4 Disk 1. when ready solid blue, now it is red/orange blinking

The first screen on web ui shows this:

The Disk / FileSystem screen shows:

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Going to RAID screen I got:

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I am able to SSH the box, log in as root, AND SEE ALL Y FILES !!!

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[root@DNS-320L-5C16EF]# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                   127460       532    126928   0% /rootmnt
/dev/root                 3072      3072         0 100% /rootmnt/ro
aufs                    127460       532    126928   0% /
tmpfs                    79872     20088     59784  25% /tmp
/dev/loop0               19840     19840         0 100% /rootmnt/sqimage
/dev/sda4               950168      1408    932376   0% /mnt/sda4
/dev/md1             3840425160 3477730732 362678044  91% /mnt/md1
/dev/sdb4               950168      1380    932404   0% /mnt/sdb4

[root@DNS-320L-5C16EF]# cd /mnt/md1
[root@DNS-320L-5C16EF]# ls -l
total 236
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root          4096 Jan  9  2024 Alt-F
drwxr-xr-x   18 501      501          36864 Nov  7  2021 Hyperx_512Gigas
drwxrwxrwx    6 501      501           4096 Dec 28  2013 ISO Images
drwxrwxrwx    2 501      501           4096 Mar 17  2015 Monstrua Rosa
drwxrwxrwx   24 501      501           4096 Sep  2  2018 Monstruo Verde
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root          4096 Dec  7  2013 Nas_Prog
dr-xr-xr-x    4 root     root          4096 Jan  2  2024 Public
drwxr-xr-x    3 501      501          12288 Dec 10  2013 Puchin
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root          4096 Jan  9  2024 Users
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root         60985 Jan  6  2024 alt-f.log
drwxr-xr-x   15 root     root          4096 Dec  7  2013 ffp
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         69656 Dec 21  2023 ffp.log
-rwxrwxrwx    1 501      501           1942 Dec  8  2013 fun_plug
drwx------    2 root     root         16384 Dec  7  2013 lost+found

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Please advice,

David

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[Tom Schmidt]

As expected, your files are all there, you just need to make them accessible.

First, from your "ls -l" output of md1, it shows that several directories are owned by user "501" and group "501".  Go to the WebUI settings for Setup -> Users.  Here you should create the group and user associated with the 501 GID and UID.  You most likely used this name with the original firmware as well, this would be the username and password you gave to mount a Samba share on Windows.  For example, make the group name for 501 "david" and the user name for 501 "david", and set the password for "david" to whatever you want.

You may also want to rename your host to something shorter and easier to use such as "nas" or "dns-320l" under the Setup -> Host menu.

Second, install the WSDD2 package.  This is required for Windows 10/11 to be able to discover your shared folders.

Lastly, on your Windows system, attempt to access the share by navigating to \\DNS-320L-5C16EF\md1 and authenticating with your "david" username.  You can also map it to a drive letter if desired.

Tom

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

Thanks again for your helpful advice:

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[root@DNS-320L_1]# ls -l

total 236
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root          4096 Jan  9  2024 Alt-F

drwxr-xr-x   18 daga     daga         36864 Nov  7  2021 Hyperx_512Gigas
drwxrwxrwx    6 daga     daga          4096 Dec 28  2013 ISO Images
drwxrwxrwx    2 daga     daga          4096 Mar 17  2015 Monstrua Rosa
drwxrwxrwx   24 daga     daga          4096 Sep  2  2018 Monstruo Verde

drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root          4096 Dec  7  2013 Nas_Prog
dr-xr-xr-x    4 root     root          4096 Jan  2  2024 Public

drwxr-xr-x    3 daga     daga         12288 Dec 10  2013 Puchin
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          4096 Nov 11 15:30 Users

-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root         60985 Jan  6  2024 alt-f.log
drwxr-xr-x   15 root     root          4096 Dec  7  2013 ffp
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         69656 Dec 21  2023 ffp.log

-rwxrwxrwx    1 daga     daga          1942 Dec  8  2013 fun_plug

drwx------    2 root     root         16384 Dec  7  2013 lost+found
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Host renamed, and user/group created, GREAT !!

May you please give me the steps to install WSDD2 package?, it's a bit confusing for me...

Regards,

David.

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[Tom Schmidt]

To install wsdd2, go to the Packages -> Alt-F menu and search for "wsdd2" under the available packages and install it.  The check under Services -> Network to verify that wsdd2 is running and is boot enabled.

Tom

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

All I see is this:

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I am kinda lost here.

Regards,

David.

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[Tom Schmidt]

Click the "UpdatePackageList" button to download the list of available packages from the URLs above it.

Tom

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

I click on it, the web page refreshes but does nothing ??

Please advice,

David.

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[Tom Schmidt]

Is your NAS blocked from the internet?  It should update the packages and show output like this:

Downloading https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/stable/Packages
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/ipkg/lists/feed_1
Downloading https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/unstable/Packages
Updated list of available packages in /usr/lib/ipkg/lists/feed_2
Successfully terminated.

Verify that your two download URLs for sourceforge are as I have above.

Tom

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

Indeed I have the very same urls you have.

To test internet connection, I opened a ssh session as root and did a wget from the box and it worked ok:

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root@DNS-320L-5C16EF]# mkdir tmp
[root@DNS-320L-5C16EF]# cd tmp
[root@DNS-320L-5C16EF]# wget https://dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com/1989-06-20
--2025-11-13 06:42:23--  https://dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com/1989-06-20
Resolving dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com... 54.235.77.118, 54.205.8.205, 174.129.128.48, ...
Connecting to dilbert-viewer.herokuapp.com|54.235.77.118|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3094 (3.0K) [text/html]
Saving to: '1989-06-20'

1989-06-20                              100%[============================================================================>]   3.02K  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

2025-11-13 06:42:24 (23.5 MB/s) - '1989-06-20' saved [3094/3094]

[root@DNS-320L-5C16EF]# ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          3094 Nov 13 06:42 1989-06-20

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If I put one URL on my Ubuntu Browser it redirects me to another URL:

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Original: ttps://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/stable/Packages

New one:  https://sourceforge.net/projects/alt-f/files/pkgs/stable/Packages/download?use_mirror=altushost-swe

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Maybe because I am located in Madrid ?

Am I able to update packages from root/ssh session to the box? that way I can see a verbose of what's going on...

Regards,

David.

Regards,

David.

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[Tom Schmidt]

David,

     The redirected URL is expected, I get a similar redirect to a more local source.

     Since you are using the command line on the system, what is the contents of the /usr/lib/ipkg/lists directory?  Does this directory exist? If so, can you create a file in it? (use "touch testfile" in that directory to test). When you use the UpdatePackageList button, what is the output you see while it attempts to download the packages?

     You can try to do the update manually from the command line as follows:

cd /usr/lib/ipkg/lists

wget --passive-ftp https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/stable/Packages

mv Packages feed_1

wget --passive-ftp https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/unstable/Packages

mv Packages feed_2

Tom

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

The directory is not there:

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NS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib> ls -l | grep '^d'
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root            29 Sep 22  2017 alsa-lib
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Sep 22  2017 avahi
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Sep 22  2017 dbus-1
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 forked-daapd
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root            30 Sep 22  2017 gio
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 lms
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root            29 Sep 22  2017 modules
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 netatalk
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 samba

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so I will create it and try again

Regards,

David.

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[David Garcia]

Hi again,

I followed your steps and this is what I got:

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NS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib> mkdir -p /usr/lib/ipkg/lists
DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib> cd /usr/lib/ipkg/lists
DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib/ipkg/lists> wget --passive-ftp https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/stable/Packages
--2025-11-13 17:05:34--  https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/stable/Packages
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... 2606:4700::6812:d95, 104.18.12.149, 104.18.13.149
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|2606:4700::6812:d95|:443... failed: Address family not supported by protocol.
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|104.18.12.149|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://altushost-swe.dl.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/stable/Packages?viasf=1 [following]
--2025-11-13 17:05:35--  https://altushost-swe.dl.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/stable/Packages?viasf=1
Resolving altushost-swe.dl.sourceforge.net... 79.142.76.130
Connecting to altushost-swe.dl.sourceforge.net|79.142.76.130|:443... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 300 [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: 'Packages'

Packages                                100%[============================================================================>]     300  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

2025-11-13 17:05:36 (5.59 MB/s) - 'Packages' saved [300/300]

DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib/ipkg/lists> ll
-sh: ll: not found
DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib/ipkg/lists> ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           300 May 25  2022 Packages
DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib/ipkg/lists> mv Packages feed_1
DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib/ipkg/lists> wget --passive-ftp https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/unstable/Packages
--2025-11-13 17:06:19--  https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/unstable/Packages
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... 2606:4700::6812:c95, 104.18.13.149, 104.18.12.149
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|2606:4700::6812:c95|:443... failed: Address family not supported by protocol.
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net|104.18.13.149|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://deac-fra.dl.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/unstable/Packages?viasf=1 [following]
--2025-11-13 17:06:19--  https://deac-fra.dl.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/unstable/Packages?viasf=1
Resolving deac-fra.dl.sourceforge.net... 37.203.33.33
Connecting to deac-fra.dl.sourceforge.net|37.203.33.33|:443... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 83137 (81K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: 'Packages'

Packages                                100%[============================================================================>]  81.19K   457KB/s    in 0.2s    

2025-11-13 17:06:32 (457 KB/s) - 'Packages' saved [83137/83137]

DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib/ipkg/lists> mv Packages feed_2
DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib/ipkg/lists> ls -l
total 88
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           300 May 25  2022 feed_1
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         83137 May 25  2022 feed_2

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Next step?

Regards,

David.

[Tom Schmidt]

Next step is to go to the Web Interface, and click Packages -> Alt-F and install wsdd2

Tom

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

I may be missing more files or libs because pressing the button just refresh the screen with the same content and no other message is displayed.

I rebooted the box but same thing.

Regards,

David

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[Tom Schmidt]

David,

     I would suggest reflashing the system, as your missing files/directories is abnormal.

Tom

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[bodzio B]

Zmieniłem w adresie   na http i miałem pełna aktualizację  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/alt-f/pkgs/stable/Packages

pon., 17 lis 2025, 01:37 użytkownik Tom Schmidt <musta...@gmail.com> napisał:

David,

     I would suggest reflashing the system, as your missing files/directories is abnormal.

Tom

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM David Garcia <davidga...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Tom,

I may be missing more files or libs because pressing the button just refresh the screen with the same content and no other message is displayed.

I rebooted the box but same thing.

Regards,

David

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM Tom Schmidt <musta...@gmail.com> wrote:

Next step is to go to the Web Interface, and click Packages -> Alt-F and install wsdd2

Tom

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM David Garcia <davidga...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi again,

I followed your steps and this is what I got:

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NS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib> mkdir -p /usr/lib/ipkg/lists
DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib> cd /usr/lib/ipkg/lists
DNS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib/ipkg/lists> wget --passive-ftp 

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

Done:

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I am rebooting it now.

Let me see how it went

Regards,

David

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

I had to enter my Router in order to see the new Box IP, cause it changed after redoing the flash with erase.

I changed it back to the usual IP, and entered with ssh as root looking for the folder you mentioned last time "/usr/lib/ipkg/"

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[root@DNS-320L-Box1]# pwd
/usr/lib

[root@DNS-320L-Box1]# ls -l | grep '^d'

drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root            29 Sep 22  2017 alsa-lib
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Sep 22  2017 avahi
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Sep 22  2017 dbus-1
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 forked-daapd
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root            30 Sep 22  2017 gio
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 lms
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root            29 Sep 22  2017 modules
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 netatalk
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 samba

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as you can see,  the folder "ipkg" is not shown

So I REALLY don't know what's going on here.

Please advice,

David.

[Tom Schmidt]

Did you install the firmware downloaded from the official source at https://sourceforge.net/projects/alt-f/files/Releases and verify the SHA checksum?

As I do not have a DNS-320L, I cannot try to duplicate your issue.  Searching the forum, I do not see any other DNS-320L users reporting an issue like you are seeing.  Look at the label on the case, is yours a version A1?  If it is a different version, then perhaps there is some slight incompatibility with the hardware causing the problem.

Tom

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

Here is the label of the box, it is an A3 version.

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I am now reading the thread you posted.

I will download the firmware (plus SHA Check) from the official site and retry.

Regards,

David.

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[David Garcia]

Hi Tom,

Went to the official firmware site, got it, flashed with erase, same problem, no "ipkg" folder

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NS-320L-5C16EF(root):/usr/lib> ls -l | grep '^d'
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root            29 Sep 22  2017 alsa-lib
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Sep 22  2017 avahi
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Sep 22  2017 dbus-1
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 forked-daapd
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root            30 Sep 22  2017 gio
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 lms
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root            29 Sep 22  2017 modules
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root             3 Oct 13  2017 netatalk
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There is something wrong with the A3 model...

Is there a way to contact the developer of the firmware in order to debug what's going on ?

Regards,

David

[Joao Cardoso]

Short story:

You probably have a corrupted Alt-F on disk folder, the best is for you to uncheck the "Boot enabled" checkbox under Packages->Alt-F, Submit, and reboot. Upon reboot, the Alt-F folder will not be used (not deleted), and you can create a clean new one on a different filesystem; if you don't have another filesystem, you have  to delete the now inactive Alt-F folder and create a new (empty) one, loosing all packages and fixes.

Long story:

using the aufs.sh command in the cmdline, you can see all the folders that are "united" in the final view, the root filesystem.

In my system, I get:

[root@DNS-327L]# aufs.sh -l
aufs on / type aufs (rw,relatime,si=4dc7666b)
/mnt/USB/Alt-F=rw
/rootmnt/rw=rw
/rootmnt/ro=rr
/rootmnt/sqimage=rr

All the folders listed are united/merged from bottom (/rootmnt/sqimage) to top (/mnt/USB/Alt-F), with top layers files overriding/take-place of the same file on lower layers.

This is how packages are upgraded when installed in the Alt-F folder. E.g., if file /bin/ls exists in the firmare at /rootmnt/sqimage or /rootmnt/ro, and the same file after a package upgrade is found in /mnt/USB/Alt-F/bin/ls, this last one wins, and is the one that is presented and used by the top layer, "/bin/ls".

There is also the possibility to *delete* files that are otherwise not erasable in the firmware, in /rootmnt/ro or /rootmnt/sqimage -- notice they are "rr" (really-read) or "ro" (read-only).

If the Alt-F folder has a file named /mnt/USB/bin/.wh.ls, that makes that bottom files with the same path /bin/ls invisible (and unusable by the top layer).

When I have a corrupted Alt-F folder (the the meaning above), I use to do

aufs.sh -n

find /Alt-F -name .wh.\* -exec rm {} \;

aufs.sh -r

And all lower files are resurrected.

To summarize: if someone what to start fresh, they have to clear settings, boot disable the Alt-F folder and reboot. Seldom a re-flash is needed, but if done the previous steps must be followed first.

PS-I'm the author, that keeps reading/glimpsing this forum messages and (now) rarely answering any question. I think that after 15 years of the first 0.1B1 release, almost all questions have been answered, so my absence.

Luck

Joao