Pogoplug E01 u-boot question

I just acquired a Pogoplug E01 the original Cloud Engines plug. The internal board is manufactured by GlobalScale Technologies and indicates a REV3.0 It is a 1.2Ghz 88F6281 with 512MB Hynix NAND and 256MB Elpida RAM. There is only a single USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet via the 88E1116R. There is also an on-board battery. Stock U-Boot is 1.1.4 CloudEngines (3.4.16). Stock linux kernel is 2.6.22.18. I'm wondering if it is safe to use the E02 U-Boot image or would the SheevaPlug image be more appropriate?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2016 12:05AM by bodhi.

I had that Plug (until I fried it by trying to use the wrong cable for serial) and I used the E02 u-boot. What sucks about that plug (other than one USB port and no SD card slot) is the the serial console connector is the same 4 position 1.25 micro JST pico blade as used in the Guruplug, Dreamplug and HP T5325. Better order a cable now before you start playing with it. And figure a future upgrade (if you wanna call it that) is ripping out the power supply and replacing it with a 5.5 x 2.1mm female console power plug which you can connect a 2 amp 5V wall wart to. Once you remove the power supply there is plenty of space for the plug inside the case. Runs cooler too ..............

rayknight Wrote:
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> I just acquired a Pogoplug E01 the original Cloud
> Engines plug. The internal board is manufactured
> by GlobalScale Technologies and indicates a REV3.0
> It is a 1.2Ghz 88F6281 with 512MB Hynix NAND and
> 256MB Elpida RAM. There is only a single USB 2.0
> and Gigabit Ethernet via the 88E1116R. There is
> also an on-board battery. Stock U-Boot is 1.1.4
> CloudEngines (3.4.16). Stock linux kernel is
> 2.6.22.18. I'm wondering if it is safe to use the
> E02 U-Boot image or would the SheevaPlug image be
> more appropriate?

Use the E02 u-boot, and boot with kwboot first. Don't flash without confirming that it works.

-bodhi
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I recently acquired a Pogoplug E01 and found this thread, which encouraged me to update the uboot. Following the standard Kirkwood instructions, I successfully installed the E02 uboot and got Debian 12 running on a flashdrive. While both the E01 and E02 have the same 256 MB RAM, the E01 has 4x flash of the E02, 512 MB vs 128 MB. That made it an excellent candidate for running OpenWRT on the flash, which was also successful. After installing several Openwrt software packages, I have still only used 10% of the available space. Booting from flash opens up the single USB port, which can then be used for other purposes. A USB hub can also be used if more ports are needed. I also tried booting the Debian flashdrive from the connected USB 2.0 hub and have found that it works for most hubs, but not all.