HUGO for HGST Drives

 Finally found a site to down the utils: ftp://ftp.abacus.cz/distribuce/HGST/Hugo

Hugo readme.txt - FTP Directory Listing

On how to use it: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/hgst-hc520-512e-to-4kn.29373/

Another good site for utilities:

http://files.hddguru.com/download/Software/

ftp.abacus.cz › distribuce › HGST

SeaChestLite

 Found this utility for analysing drives:

https://www.seagate.com/sg/en/support/software/seachest/#downloads

Thanks to this post:

https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/how-to-convert-512e-to-4kn-using-fast-format-seagate-exos-x16-drive.84094/

Not sure if it works for other brands, but worth a try:

root@pve:~/SeaChestLite/Lin64# ./SeaChest_Lite_101_1183_64 --scan

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 SeaChest_Lite - Seagate drive utilities - NVMe Enabled

 Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved

 SeaChest_Lite Version: 1.0.1-1_18_3 X86_64

 Build Date: Oct 18 2018

 Today: Fri Jan 22 15:13:48 2021

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Vendor   Handle       Model Number            Serial Number          FwRev

ATA      /dev/sg0     ST9160412ASG            5VG049NQ               0002SDM1

HGST     /dev/sg1     HUH721008AL5201         1DH80A6Z               B928

iDRAC    /dev/sg10    LCDRIVE                                        0323

IBM      /dev/sg2     HUH721008AL4200         000000007SG1P9US       A38K

HGST     /dev/sg3     HUS728T8TAL5200         VAHR84UL               RS01

HGST     /dev/sg4     HUS728T8TAL5201         VAHXN8JL               B41C

SEAGATE  /dev/sg5     STMPSKD1CLAR8000        ZA19GTCK               UN0B

SEAGATE  /dev/sg6     STMPSKD1CLAR8000        ZA193W9X               UN0B

U2120706 /dev/sg7     FLASH DISK                                    1.00

iDRAC    /dev/sg8     Virtual CD                                     0323

iDRAC    /dev/sg9     Virtual Floppy                                 0323

root@pve:~/SeaChestLite/Lin64# sg_map

/dev/sg0  /dev/sda

/dev/sg1  /dev/sdb

/dev/sg2  /dev/sdc

/dev/sg3  /dev/sdd

/dev/sg4  /dev/sde

/dev/sg5  /dev/sdf

/dev/sg6  /dev/sdg

/dev/sg7  /dev/sdh

/dev/sg8  /dev/sr0

/dev/sg9  /dev/sdi

/dev/sg10  /dev/sdj

root@pve:~/SeaChestLite/Lin64# ./SeaChest_Lite_101_1183_64 -d /dev/sg2  --showSupportedSectorSizes

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 SeaChest_Lite - Seagate drive utilities - NVMe Enabled

 Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved

 SeaChest_Lite Version: 1.0.1-1_18_3 X86_64

 Build Date: Oct 18 2018

 Today: Fri Jan 22 15:18:00 2021

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/dev/sg2 - HUH721008AL4200 - 000000007SG1P9US - SCSI

Device does not support changing sector size or does not report available sector sizes

Flash H310 to IT mode

 I followed so many blog posts but most of the commands hanged.

I realised that my card may have a newer FW:

Just running this command is enough:

s2fp19.exe -o -f 2118it.bin

Blog posts reference:

https://techmattr.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/updated-sas-hba-crossflashing-or-flashing-to-it-mode-dell-perc-h200-and-h310/

Remote installation - Virtual Media is detached

 If you get this error, go to your IDRAC console and enable Virtual Media (set to attached) under System > Console/Media > Virtual Media

Once that is done, you can choose Virtual CD to perform installation:

OnlyOffice with Nextcloud

 Since I am running Nextcloud as a jail, i need to run OnlyOffice as a standalone document server.

Here's a good guide: https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/integrate-nextcloud-onlyoffice#:~:text=Log%20into%20Nextcloud%20web%20interface,Download%20and%20enable%20it.