Install Debian like I install Arch?

My Pogoplug V2 (It's black) has a quite a few problems. Right now, wget seems to be missing as of this morning. I'm trying to avoid loosing the pogoplug service forever by installing a recovery system. Is there a way to back that up so that I can restore it at a later date. It's unlikely that I will, I just want the option. I did use nanddump to make a full backup when I first ssh'ed into the machine but I'm reading that it might not work.

Now onto the Debian question. Is there a way to install Debian the same way I can install Arch?

On the Pogo:

/usr/sbin/fw_setenv usb_rootfstype ext3

Do the partitioning and formatting on my desktop followed by mounting the flash drive to /media/mint/usb

cd /media/mint/usb 
wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-armv5te-latest.tar.gz 
tar -xzvf ArchLinuxARM-armv5te-*.tar.gz # This will take a long time
rm ArchLinuxARM-armv5te-*.tar.gz 
sync

Plug flash drive into Pogo then turn it on.

Now Arch is a very nice system... AND Arch is completely foreign to me. It frightens and confuses me. Also it's community is a bit lacking in manners. I'd like to be able to download the system to the flash drive from another computer. The "http://dev.shyd.de/dockstar/dockstar.debian-squeeze.sh"; script is confusing and attempts to install uboot which I already have installed on the Pogo and obviously wont run on my desktop computer, breaking the script. So, any idea if it's currently possible and how?

Kayot,

Replace your Arch rootfs with Debian rootfs 3.11.1, get it from here:
http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,12096

Regarding the nanddump, if you did ssh and dump all mtds before installing Arch, I see no reason why it woud not work later when you restore it.

-bodhi
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/08/2013 05:38PM by bodhi.

Worked like a charm, thanks!