Debian on GlobalScale Dreamplug

i will redo all the steps i suppose now that i know what to do and what tools i need that were missing.

this is the cable i tried with the esata port, it works on the one laptop that has a esata port

https://www.ebay.com/itm/302215992801

i dont think there is power coming out of that esata port for that cable to work on the dreamplug
because i tried it on 2 dreamplugs



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2023 05:25AM by mrc333777.

mrc333777 it is highly unlikely that the esata port on the Dreamplug is an "esatap" that is an esata plug with built in power. You usually only find those on laptops and they are primarily for optical drives.

LeggoMyEggo Wrote:
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> mrc333777 it is highly unlikely that the esata
> port on the Dreamplug is an "esatap" that is an
> esata plug with built in power. You usually only
> find those on laptops and they are primarily for
> optical drives.


thank you, i ordered another esata cable which has a second usb cable for power, i will test that when it gets here



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/28/2023 01:31PM by mrc333777.

bodhi

thank you for all the help



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/28/2023 01:29PM by mrc333777.

so i hooked the kace m300 ssd to the dreamplug with a usb to sata converter and the dreamplug booted with
Linux debian 6.2.7-kirkwood-tld-1 #1.0 PREEMPT Tue Mar 21 18:52:10 PDT 2023 armv5tel GNU/Linux
can i create another with the 6.2.7 instead of the older Debian-5.13.6-kirkwood-tld-1 ?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/28/2023 01:30PM by mrc333777.

@mrc333777,

> can i create another with the 6.2.7 instead of the
> older Debian-5.13.6-kirkwood-tld-1 ?

It's in the Wiki thread

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Backup and Cloning rootfs

Back up a live rootfs using rsync
CrashPlan 4.3.0
Backup/Restore rootfs using tar command
Adjust udev rules after cloning rootfs
Stock Pogoplug rootfs
How to clone a rootfs from one Kirkwood box to another: Step 1 and Step 2
How to clone SATA rootfs to USB rootfs
How to clone USB rootfs to SATA rootfs

In Step2, one of the 2 files no longer exists in the latest Debian version.

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LeggoMyEggo Wrote:
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> mrc333777 it is highly unlikely that the esata
> port on the Dreamplug is an "esatap" that is an
> esata plug with built in power. You usually only
> find those on laptops and they are primarily for
> optical drives.


so today this came https://www.ebay.com/itm/131407292379

to replace this https://www.ebay.com/itm/302215992801

and the new one with the usb power connection works great and
since there is an available usb port right next to the esata port its
very convenient.

thanks for the help...

Don't use the usb port of Dreamplug to get electricity for your SATA drive. I think it is limited to 0.5A (500mA).

I soldered the 5V to the power supply connector on the motherboard and it worked flawlessly. (2.5" Laptop hard drive, so only 5V is needed)

David,

>
> I soldered the 5V to the power supply connector on
> the motherboard and it worked flawlessly. (2.5"
> Laptop hard drive, so only 5V is needed)

Nice! but harder to do though.

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daviddyer Wrote:
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> Don't use the usb port of Dreamplug to get
> electricity for your SATA drive. I think it is
> limited to 0.5A (500mA).
>
> I soldered the 5V to the power supply connector on
> the motherboard and it worked flawlessly. (2.5"
> Laptop hard drive, so only 5V is needed)


it seems fine to me, no problems. do ssd's use that much power?

> it seems fine to me, no problems. do ssd's use
> that much power?

It is fine for the SSD. Its power usage is like a thumb drive.

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