uBoot on Pogoplug Pro: “Unknown uBoot detected on mtd0”

I’m new to ARM/Linux Device hacking. After a bit of digging around on various websites I found that it would be wonderful to have Debian GNU/Linux on my Pogoplug Pro (that’s what it says on the bottom sticker). The case is black, and hardware info is attached below.

I went through Run Linux on your Dockstar/Pogoplug but a while after executing “./kirkwood.debian-wheezy.sh” it failed with

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kirkwood.debian-wheezy.sh
## Unknown uBoot detected on mtd0: 188602682dada4308e3d9945c3f6b6ed
##
## The installer could not detect the version of your current uBoot
## This may happen if you have installed a different uBoot on
## /dev/mtd0 or if you have bad blocks on /dev/mtd0

I browsed around in the forums but didn’t find something matching. Is there any solution to this or is this device unsupported for GNU/Linux in general?

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kirkwood.debian-wheezy.sh
# ./kirkwood.debian-wheezy.sh
touch: /sbin/25122012170726: Read-only file system

!!!!!! DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER !!!!!!

This script will replace the bootloader on /dev/mtd0.

If you lose power while the bootloader is being flashed,
your device could be left in an unusable state.

This script will configure your Dockstar to boot Debian
from a USB device. Before running this script, you should have
used fdisk to create the following partitions:

/dev/sda1 (Linux ext2, at least 400MB)
/dev/sda2 (Linux swap, recommended 256MB)

This script will DESTROY ALL EXISTING DATA on /dev/sda1
Please double check that the device on /dev/sda1 is the correct device.

By typing ok, you agree to assume all liabilities and risks
associated with running this installer.

If everything looks good, type 'ok' to continue: ok
Connecting to projects.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
Installing Bootloader
# checking for /usr/sbin/nandwrite...
# checking for /usr/sbin/nanddump...

# Installing /usr/sbin/nanddump...
Connecting to download.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
Connecting to download.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
# Successfully installed /usr/sbin/nanddump.
# checking for /usr/sbin/flash_erase...
# checking for /usr/sbin/fw_printenv...

# Installing /usr/sbin/fw_printenv...
Connecting to download.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
Connecting to download.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
# Successfully installed /usr/sbin/fw_printenv.
# checking for /etc/fw_env.config...

# Installing /etc/fw_env.config...
Connecting to download.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
Connecting to download.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
# Successfully installed /etc/fw_env.config.

# Validating existing uBoot...
Block size 131072, page size 2048, OOB size 64
Dumping data starting at 0x00000000 and ending at 0x00080000...
Connecting to jeff.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
Connecting to projects.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
## Unknown uBoot detected on mtd0: 188602682dada4308e3d9945c3f6b6ed
##
## The installer could not detect the version of your current uBoot
## This may happen if you have installed a different uBoot on
## /dev/mtd0 or if you have bad blocks on /dev/mtd0
##
## If you have bad blocks on mtd0, you should not try to install uBoot.
##
## Installation cancelled.
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
122880 inodes, 491519 blocks
24575 blocks (5%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=4194304
15 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912
./kirkwood.debian-wheezy.sh: line 318: /sbin/mkswap: not found
Connecting to cdn.debian.net (195.71.68.86:80)
./kirkwood.debian-wheezy.sh: line 354: ar: not found
tar: can't open 'data.tar.gz': No such file or directory
mv: can't rename './usr/sbin/debootstrap': No such file or directory
mv: can't rename './usr/share/debootstrap': No such file or directory
# checking for /usr/share/debootstrap/pkgdetails...

# Installing /usr/share/debootstrap/pkgdetails...
Connecting to download.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
wget: can't open '/usr/share/debootstrap/pkgdetails.md5': No such file or directory
Connecting to download.doozan.com (50.116.34.13:80)
wget: can't open '/usr/share/debootstrap/pkgdetails.md5': No such file or directory
## Could not install /usr/share/debootstrap/pkgdetails from http://download.doozan.com/debian/pkgdetails, exiting.

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Pogoplug Pro OS

# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.31.6_SMP_820 (bdietrich@brad-ux) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q3-67) ) #96 SMP Tue Feb 8 10:06:27 PST 2011

# uname -a
Linux PogoplugPro 2.6.31.6_SMP_820 #96 SMP Tue Feb 8 10:06:27 PST 2011 armv6l GNU/Linux

# date
Tue Dec 25 17:01:04 UTC 2012

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 5 (v6l)
processor : 0
BogoMIPS : 279.34

processor : 1
BogoMIPS : 279.34

Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp java
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part : 0xb02
CPU revision : 5

Hardware : Oxsemi NAS
Revision : 0000
Serial : 0000000000000000

# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 125764 kB
MemFree: 84348 kB
Buffers: 0 kB
Cached: 5564 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 3604 kB
Inactive: 3712 kB
Active(anon): 1768 kB
Inactive(anon): 0 kB
Active(file): 1836 kB
Inactive(file): 3712 kB
Unevictable: 0 kB
Mlocked: 0 kB
SwapTotal: 0 kB
SwapFree: 0 kB
Dirty: 0 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 1780 kB
Mapped: 2744 kB
Slab: 3524 kB
SReclaimable: 292 kB
SUnreclaim: 3232 kB
PageTables: 124 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
WritebackTmp: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 88032 kB
Committed_AS: 5184 kB
VmallocTotal: 598016 kB
VmallocUsed: 1692 kB
VmallocChunk: 594420 kB

My USB flash drive:

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Disk /dev/sda: 2013 MB, 2013265920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 244 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 208 1670728+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 209 244 289170 82 Linux swap

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