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   Simon to Java Jive   
   Re: Hard disk error (Error probing devic   
   07 Apr 25 09:42:17   
   
   From: SimonJ@eu.invalid   
      
   On 2025-04-05, Java Jive wrote:   
   > On 2025-04-05 11:47, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On 2025-04-05 01:20, Java Jive wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On 2025-04-04 21:52, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Huh, I have an idea. If this box in the end is not valid, I could rip   
   >>>> it out and insert usb2sata connectors on the back of each disk. Use   
   >>>> only the power supply and the iron. It would be ugly and impose a   
   >>>> delay on my project, and waste of money, but would work.   
   >>>   
   >>> Wouldn't it be easier to try to solve the firmware problem?  If you're   
   >>> going to destroy the innards, invalidate the warranty, and so not be   
   >>> able to return it anyway, why not try installing a fixed firmware first?   
   >>   
   >> But someone has to provide the fixed software file.   
   >   
   > Paul gave you a big clue in his post of 2025-04-04, 04:33.  He didn't   
   > want to give actual links because he couldn't verify their sources, but   
   > you can search on the file names he gave, for example:   
   >   
   > https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jms578fwupdater.tgz   
   >   
      
   I found a fix to this some time ago, maybe it will help still now?   
   https://blog.simonj.eu/blog/jms578-based-adaptor-on-linux   
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   Simon   
      
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