Upgrade ODROID-XU4 to OpenMediaVault 3

This short tutorial will show you how to upgrade a ODROID-XU4 running OpenMediaVault 2 to OpenMediaVault 3.
OMV 3 (Erasmus) uses Debian 8 (Jessie) instead of 7 (Wheezy). So alongside OMV you will get new packages as well.

Make a backup of your current installation!
Make sure your system is up-to date by running: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Reboot
Uninstall all plugins including the OMV-Extras package
Before you upgrade you should change your boot.ini and /etc/fstab.
Mount your boot partition like this:
```
mkdir /media/boot
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/boot
```

Then edit your /media/boot/boot.ini and change ro to rw in the setenv line. The line should look like below:

setenv bootrootfs "console=tty1 console=ttySAC2,115200n8 root=UUID=<YOUR_ROOTFS_UUID> rootwait rw fsck.repair=yes"

Record your rootfs UUID

Afterwards edit your /etc/fstab and add the following above the openmediavault volumes:

# UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM
UUID=<YOUR_ROOTFS_UUID> / ext4 errors=remount-ro,noatime,nodiratime 0 1
# >>> [openmediavault]
[...]

Finally run omv-release-upgrade and reboot afterwards
Now you can install the OMV-Extras package for OMV 3 and your plugins again:
```
wget 
dpkg -i openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_all3.deb
apt-get update
```

32 thoughts on “Upgrade ODROID-XU4 to OpenMediaVault 3”

arj2000 says:

July 2, 2017 at 04:16

I followed steps and the update was done well except for this:

root@odroid:~# lscpu -e
Segmentation fault

root@odroid:~# lscpu
Architecture: armv7l
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 8
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3
Off-line CPU(s) list: 4-7
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 4
Socket(s): 1
Model name: ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
CPU max MHz: 1400,0000
CPU min MHz: 200,0000

root@odroid:~# cpufreq-info -c 4
cpufrequtils 008: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please.
analyzing CPU 4:
no or unknown cpufreq driver is active on this CPU
maximum transition latency: 0.00 ms.

root@odroid:~#

It seems that cpu4~7 can’t be enabled. Can you help me please?

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1. arj2000 says:
  
  July 2, 2017 at 05:14
  
  Throttling issue, but… why? Without touching anything on the device, it went about 60ºC with omv2.
  
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  1. Obihoernchen says:
    
    July 2, 2017 at 13:05
    
    Try to update your kernel to newest 4.9 kernel. Backup your SD before you do so!
    You can use this script: https://gist.github.com/Obihoernchen/28c02a8eeb37f816b4f3e9ea6f150f42
    If you use eMMC you have to change the device path.
    
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    1. arj2000 says:
      
      July 13, 2017 at 12:57
      
      I’m using a microSD card. This is my output from your script:
      —-
      Extract kernel
      
      Kernel Version: 4.9.35
      
      Copy firmware and modules
      
      Create intramfs and uInitrd
      update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.9.35
      W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
      W: mdadm: no arrays defined in configuration file.
      Image Name: uInitrd-4.9.35
      Created: Thu Jul 13 12:51:38 2017
      Image Type: ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (uncompressed)
      Data Size: 4739268 Bytes = 4628.19 kB = 4.52 MB
      Load Address: 00000000
      Entry Point: 00000000
      
      Install kernel
      mount: special device /dev/mmcblk1p1 does not exist
      Using dtb: exynos5422-odroidxu4.dtb
      
      Kernel updated successfully
      Reboot to use new kernel
      —-
      When I reboot the odroid, it never comes up again.
      
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  2. arj2000 says:
    
    July 13, 2017 at 19:39
    
    Still in kernel 3.10.82+. The device was not hot, so I think I found the “problem”. CPU cores 4-7 are in idle state when not needed, and this makes the temperature value set to max (?). And when any core is disabled…
    
    ~# lscpu -e
    Segmentation fault
    
    I can enable cpu4-7 manually:
    
    ~# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu4/online
    ~# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu5/online
    ~# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu6/online
    ~# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu7/online
    
    ~# lscpu -e
    CPU SOCKET CORE ONLINE MAXMHZ MINMHZ
    0 0 0 yes 1400,0000 200,0000
    1 0 1 yes 1400,0000 200,0000
    2 0 2 yes 1400,0000 200,0000
    3 0 3 yes 1400,0000 200,0000
    4 1 4 yes 2000,0000 200,0000
    5 1 5 yes 2000,0000 200,0000
    6 1 6 yes 2000,0000 200,0000
    7 1 7 yes 2000,0000 200,0000
    
    But I still getting this fake temperature:
    
    ~# cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
    125000
    
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    1. Obihoernchen says:
      
      July 15, 2017 at 00:15
      
      mhh something is really strange in your setup.
      
      Please backup your SD card or use another SD card and install the following image: https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmediavault/files/Odroid-XU3_XU4/OMV_3_0_76_Odroidxu4_4.9.28.7z/download
      
      Then boot your odroid with this image and execute `lscpu` and cat `/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp`.
      It should work fine. If it doesn’t your Odroid seems to have an HW issue.
      
      Furthermore please upload the output of dmesg somewhere.
      
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      1. arj2000 says:
        
        July 15, 2017 at 00:26
        
        Bad news: My XU4 died this morning. I’ll try to get a new one as soon as I can, then I will install the image of the link. Thanks anyway.
      2. arj2000 says:
        
        July 21, 2017 at 13:48
        
        Working like a charm. How can I put in OMV3 the graphs about cpufreq & cputemp? The scripts from OMV2 shows broken graphs.
      3. Obihoernchen says:
        
        July 21, 2017 at 18:27
        
        Hmm it should just work. I’m using it as well with omv 3 on 2 Odroids.
      4. arj2000 says:
        
        July 21, 2017 at 19:37
        
        Using kernel 4.9.33, refreshing graphics CPUfreq & temp shows this error message:
        
        Failed to execute command ‘export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin; export LANG=C; omv-mkgraph 2>&1’ with exit code ‘1’: ERROR: rrdc_flush (/var/lib/rrdcached/db//localhost/cpufreq/cpufreq-0.rrd) failed with status -1.
        
        Error #0:
        exception ‘OMV\ExecException’ with message ‘Failed to execute command ‘export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin; export LANG=C; omv-mkgraph 2>&1’ with exit code ‘1’: ERROR: rrdc_flush (/var/lib/rrdcached/db//localhost/cpufreq/cpufreq-0.rrd) failed with status -1.’ in /usr/share/php/openmediavault/system/process.inc:175
        Stack trace:
        #0 /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/rpc/rrd.inc(54): OMV\System\Process->execute(Array)
        #1 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(528): OMVRpcServiceRrd->{closure}(‘/tmp/bgstatusCr…’, ‘/tmp/bgoutputVs…’)
        #2 /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/rpc/rrd.inc(56): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->execBgProc(Object(Closure))
        #3 [internal function]: OMVRpcServiceRrd->generate(NULL, Array)
        #4 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(124): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
        #5 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/rpc.inc(86): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->callMethod(‘generate’, NULL, Array)
        #6 /usr/sbin/omv-engined(536): OMV\Rpc\Rpc::call(‘Rrd’, ‘generate’, NULL, Array, 1)
        #7 {main}
      5. arj2000 says:
        
        July 21, 2017 at 20:49
        
        DAMN! Rebooted and working (?) Sorry for the extensive comments
apc says:

May 28, 2017 at 09:57

Hi,

Nice info (I also used your tune tutorials 🙂 !) but before I jump right in, I do have a couple of questions:
1) what’s the best way to make a backup of my current system?
2) after reinstalling the plugins, will they find their configurations if they are still on the system (e.g. Plexmedia)?
3) what about filesystem plugins (e.g. Snapraid) – can they be reinstalled and work right away if the config is preserved?

Any insights are much appreciated!

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1. Obihoernchen says:
  
  May 28, 2017 at 22:17
  
  Hi,
  
  1) clone your micro SD card or rsync all files to an external drive
  2) maybe I didn’t test plexmedia. I just redid my configs from scratch.
  3) I don’t know. I don’t use it.
  
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  1. apc says:
    
    May 29, 2017 at 12:18
    
    Thanks!
    
    Will try then and see what happens :-).
    
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secugyu says:

April 30, 2017 at 14:45

Hi, thank you again for your posts.

Recently, since official Linux kernel 4.9 for ODROID XU4 is published by Hardkernel, I installed latest Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS image linked here: https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=146&t=26007&sid=90c9beeb2ff80a9ae681df2904387cea

And I wonder if it needs your ‘awesome’ tweaks. CPU governor, IRQ Turning, …

Can you answer that?

Thanks.

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1. secugyu says:
  
  May 2, 2017 at 11:55
  
  Okay, I think it needs your tweaks and I applied it.
  
  Thank you!
  
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  1. Obihoernchen says:
    
    May 2, 2017 at 16:57
    
    Yes it’s useful for 4.9 as well but you need slightly different paths, IRQs etc.
    
    I’ll try to update the post once I have some time.
    
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Eric says:

March 12, 2017 at 17:18

Hello all,
OMV just release omv_xu3_xu4_3.0.65.img.gz today, I tried on my XU4, it works great, eth ok, plexserver ok, transmission ok, maybe you can try it.

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Mathiouz says:

March 6, 2017 at 01:02

Thanks a lot for your post , i managed to upgrade to Erasmus using your tutorial.

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Long T says:

February 27, 2017 at 22:27

Just got my XU4 home want to put OMV on it tried:

omv_xu3_xu4_3.0.64.img.gz

but my unit will not boot? just the blue led flashing?

Use Win32DiskImager-odroid-v1.3 to burn the image to the SD card. Any advice…

https://sourceforge.net/projects/openmediavault/files/Odroid-XU3_XU4/

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1. Obihoernchen says:
  
  March 5, 2017 at 04:35
  
  Hmm never tried the OMV3 image. Did you try something else?
  
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2. Mihai says:
  
  March 11, 2017 at 13:49
  
  The first time it boots is pretty slow. It has to run a script that creates a new partition with all the unused free space on the eMMC/SD card. Just let it boot for a few minutes. I just got my second one (the first one is a little dead and burried) and went through all the steps in the setup again.
  
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3. Mihai says:
  
  March 12, 2017 at 20:12
  
  I tried the image and it did not boot properly. I could not even login via UART. The only way to get the upgrade is still with the guide described here. I went back to version 2, updated and upgraded to the latest version (2.2.13) and I may upgrade to version 3.x.x when it will be stable.
  
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burples says:

February 12, 2017 at 00:29

Worked perfectly, thanks!!!

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Defender says:

February 1, 2017 at 09:56

Many thanks for this series of posts regarding OMV + ODROID
Finally, I have an excellent replacement for my old NAS – WD ShareSpace

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Kung-Foo-Kamel says:

January 21, 2017 at 00:17

If anyone is trying this, best to do run: “dpkg -l | grep openm” and then purge (apt-get –purge remove “app name”) anything apart from openmediavault and openmediavault-keyring

If anything else is still showing then you will have issues Like I did.

Thanks Obihoernchen for these great how-to’s much appreciated, this little box is replacing 3 small intel machines, going from around 100watt consumption to 10 to 20watt, much better.

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Kung-Foo-Kamel says:

January 20, 2017 at 13:17

Followed this with a fresh install (updated first) of OMV 2 and it almost worked, SSH works but the web interface is returning an error. Any advice on how to repair

“Error #0:
exception ‘OMV\Rpc\Exception’ with message ‘Failed to connect to socket: No such file or directory’ in /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/rpc.inc:138
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/openmediavault/rpc/session.inc(56): OMV\Rpc\Rpc::call(‘UserMgmt’, ‘authUser’, Array, Array, 2, true)
#1 [internal function]: OMVRpcServiceSession->login(Array, Array)
#2 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(124): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#3 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/rpc.inc(84): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->callMethod(‘login’, Array, Array)
#4 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/proxy/json.inc(95): OMV\Rpc\Rpc::call(‘Session’, ‘login’, Array, Array, 3)
#5 /var/www/openmediavault/rpc.php(45): OMV\Rpc\Proxy\Json->handle()
#6 {main}”

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secugyu says:

January 19, 2017 at 07:31

Thanks a lot for these posts about ODROID XU4, very helpful! I was able to upgrade my OMV by reading this post.
I want to ask you something else, how do I update my ODROID’s kernel to latest 3.10.104? Is it recommended? When I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, apt-get command does it automatically but OMV doesn’t.
I’m korean, sorry for my un-fluent English 🙂

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1. Obihoernchen says:
  
  January 20, 2017 at 09:03
  
  Hey,
  
  thank you 🙂
  Yes unfortunately the newest kernel is not in the repositories. But you can use my build which is version 3.10.104 ftp://vserver.obihoernchen.net/ODROID-XU4-KERNEL/
  Use this script to install it: https://gist.github.com/Obihoernchen/28c02a8eeb37f816b4f3e9ea6f150f42
  
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  1. secugyu says:
    
    January 20, 2017 at 09:22
    
    I couldn’t see your reply 🙂
    Thank you!
    
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2. secugyu says:
  
  January 20, 2017 at 09:21
  
  Okay.. I finally found odroid-utility to update my kernel, I think it will works well on my odroid as I expected.
  Thanks anyway, keep your posting on 🙂
  
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  1. Obihoernchen says:
    
    January 20, 2017 at 09:23
    
    It didn’t work for me, so be careful. That’s why I’ve created my own.
    In any case keep a backup of your boot partition!
    
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