Debian Wheezy on Pogoplug Pro V3

bodhi Wrote:
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> distron,
>
> Since your u-boot env is currently set to find the
> rootfs with this label
>

> usb_init=run usb_scan; setenv usb_root
> LABEL=ROOTFS
>

> You will need to label your USB Debian rootfs
> partition that way. Assuming on another Linux box,
> it is assigned sdb1
>

> tune2fs -L ROOTFS /dev/sdb1
>

bodhi ,
I had named it ROOTFS but it still didnt boot ; hence i went ahead and re-formated USB & created the linux and linux-swap partitions and now downloading this:

Debian-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
fae6cfbec8c58da0066af1041cf89f2a

The script didnt work for me, getting stuck at chroot error - command not found and hence went to download your ready made rootfs.
A quick question - now, I just extract the rootfs to root of usb and reboot , right ?

OR

Do I have to follow procedure for this :
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Download at Dropbox:
linux-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
3fdee09de0e150298d1b04f485a0a698

This tarball contains 6 files:
linux-image-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1_1_armel.deb
linux-headers-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1_1_armel.deb
config-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1
zImage-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1
linux-dtb-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1.tar
linux-3.17.0-kirkwood-tld-1.patch
************************************************************************* ?

distro,

It's simplest to create the 3.16 rootfs:
http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?4,23425,23427#msg-23427

And the USB must have a single Ext3 partition, no swap parition. Login as root, or use "sudo su" (no need to chroot).

-bodhi
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bodhi Wrote:
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> distro,
>
> It's simplest to create the 3.16 rootfs:
> http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?4,23425,23427#msg
> -23427
>
> And the USB must have a single Ext3
> partition, no swap parition. Login as root,
> or use "sudo su" (no need to chroot).


Thanks bodhi , 3.17 Debian didn't work and I did it with 3.16 and by setting rootfstype correctly. I didn't do any reboots for the time being and I am not shutting off its power supply in near future. lol.
Atm, running apt-get update && apt-get upgrade on pogo plug. And autofs will be the first package to be installed.

A quick question though , why it didn't work with 3.17 Debian rootfs ?
Also, what is the use of Linux kernels in association with Debian rootfs ?

I didn't install the 3.16 kernel , I just did the 3.16 Debian rootfs and it worked. In future , how do I update to 3.18.5 Debian rootfs ?
Pogoplug'a wget doesn't accepts https links ; A small suggestion that along with Dropbox links , can you also add http links for Debian rootfs , so that we can download Debian rootfs directly to pogoplug. Do we have any work around of this ?

Thanks for everything mate.

distro,

> Thanks bodhi , 3.17 Debian didn't work and I did
> it with 3.16 and by setting rootfstype correctly.
> I didn't do any reboots for the time being and I
> am not shutting off its power supply in near
> future. lol.

:)

> Atm, running apt-get update && apt-get upgrade on
> pogo plug. And autofs will be the first package to
> be installed.
>
> A quick question though , why it didn't work with
> 3.17 Debian rootfs ?

The default envs works with a non-FDT kernel, which is 3.16.x or earlier in my releases. The 3.17+ rootfs has Flatten Device Tree, so you would have to append the DTB (device tree blob) to the uImage. That's why 3.16.x is simpler to install.

> Also, what is the use of Linux kernels in
> association with Debian rootfs ?
>
> I didn't install the 3.16 kernel , I just did the
> 3.16 Debian rootfs and it worked.

The rootfs include the GNU OS and the Linux kernel pre-intstalled in it. So it is a complete Debian system.

> In future , how
> do I update to 3.18.5 Debian rootfs ?

Since you have a working rootfs, you can upgrade to kernel 4.x, no need to install the intermediate kernels, or redo rootfs. Your rootfs is compete from now on.

> Pogoplug'a wget doesn't accepts https links ; A
> small suggestion that along with Dropbox links ,
> can you also add http links for Debian rootfs , so
> that we can download Debian rootfs directly to
> pogoplug. Do we have any work around of this ?
>

It's a good point. I will update the install tools tarball to include newer wget, and provide it in the installation post.

-bodhi
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