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Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 13 years ago
varkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pogoplug Pink B01 - $24.99 + Free Shipping -- > http://www.jr.com/pogoplug/pe/PGG_POGOB01/ > > Join the Friends with Benefits program to get Free > Shipping -- > https://www.jr.com/checkout.flow?_flowId=loyalty-f > low&program=BASIC Still on sale today!by bodhi - Debian
Re: Booting Debian on Pogoplug Pro - 13 years ago
Thanks for the info Varkey! It's in the latest ArchLinux ARM rootfs (after November version): http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-oxnas-latest.tar.gz The required modules and binaries location: /lib/modules/2.6.31.6_SMP_820/kernel/oxnas-led.ko /sbin/proled /sbin/devmem2 The LED is working properly now! flashing when it's booting, off when it's shutdown, and soliby bodhi - uBoot
Re: Booting Debian on Pogoplug Pro - 13 years ago
varkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @bodhi - You need to load the oxnas-led module for > the LED to work. I just added it to /etc/modules Thanks, but I could not find it! is it inside one of the tar files? Update: ah, I saw on Arch forum, should be in the latest ALARM rootfs tar file?!by bodhi - uBoot
Re: Booting Debian on Pogoplug Pro - 13 years ago
oddballhero Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Get this wrong and it is serial cable/tftp time. LOL. Thanks :-)by bodhi - uBoot
Re: Booting Debian on Pogoplug Pro - 13 years ago
@varkey, Does your PogoplugPro LED work properly? While running Debian, and the ArchLinux stick mounted on sdb1, I've copied the devmem2 and the proled script to Debian /sbin. I believe these are needed for Oxnas LED. # cp /media/sdb1/sbin/proled /sbin/ # cp /media/sdb1/sbin/devmem2 /sbin/ I setup rc.local and the /etc/rc0.d/K08halt script to turn on/off the LED light. /sbin/pby bodhi - uBoot
Re: Booting Debian on Pogoplug Pro - 13 years ago
@oddballhero, Sorry I did not follow the instruction in your reference about the modprobe gmac closely :-) But I thought step 5 would force load the gmac module the same way! Is it odd that /etc/init.d/module-init-tools did not load the gmac mentioned in this file? 5. Force load gmac module and others # cat /media/hd-sdb1/etc/modules # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at bootby bodhi - uBoot
Re: Booting Debian on Pogoplug Pro - 13 years ago
@oddballhero, Thanks for reviewing this! yes, I did make sure to do a tune2fs for the stick, since it was ext2. Sorry forgot to include it here! # tune2fs -j /dev/sdb1 tune2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010) Creating journal inode: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 28 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. - verify that it was conby bodhi - uBoot
Booting Debian on Pogoplug Pro - 13 years ago
This procedure has been updated to add more details and incorporate the correction for installing Debian on Pogo plug Pro (OXNAS variation). See ArchLinux ARM site for information about different models in this family: http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/pogoplug-provideov3 Varkey and Shv have created and hosted a Debian rootfs for those who want to skip the manual step installation. Jusby bodhi - uBoot
Re: Working USB-Sticks - 13 years ago
rat-netbook Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Recently tested out a Sandisk Cruzer Blade and > Cruzer Edge, both work great. Not terribly fast, > but no issues with warm or cold booting. > > The SD Plus USB Sandisk Ducati branded card still > remains my most favourite out of the bunch though. > The 4GB card currently sits on the eBays fby bodhi - Debian
Re: Serial Console USB to TTL PL2303 - 13 years ago
Thanks varkey, the CP2102 looks nice and simple, and only 4.49. Cool! I'll grab one of these.by bodhi - uBoot
Serial Console USB to TTL PL2303 - 13 years ago
Guys, I want to use this "USB 2.0 to RS232 TTL Converter Module PL2303" for serial console. http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-RS232-TTL-Converter-Module-PL2303-cable-/170685110607?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D120726707850%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4524062781592153742 Please, somebody tell what are all the pins on this converterby bodhi - uBoot
Re: Pogoplug Pink fails in Validating Existing Uboot - 13 years ago
@major, If you're still around this forum, could you post the details of your Debian installation back here, as you mentioned in this thread ? http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1730&start=10#p10374 Thanks, -bodhiby bodhi - uBoot
Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 13 years ago
davygravy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hmmmm... the Pogoplug Pro has the OXNAS cpu, > rather than Kirkwood, right? Right! http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/pogoplug-provideov3by bodhi - Debian
Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 13 years ago
funtoy1001 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Missed it by 2 days. Now they want $8.xx to ship > it to calif. > Can I put Debian on this one? Yes, but not directly. Some had success with this: installing ArchLinux ARM first, and then do some extra works to get Debian running. See oddballhero explanation in this post: http://forum.doozan.com/read.phby bodhi - Debian
Re: Accidently set arcNumber=, now wont boot. - 13 years ago
kraqh3d Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @restamp > Good catch. I never noticed that. I just checked > blparam and arcNumber is definitely not in the old > environment. I can't seem to mount the old > uImage partition from nand though to get the file > so I made a copy of /dev/mtd1 with dd. File > reports it as a uImage. Ifby bodhi - Rescue System
Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 13 years ago
Pogoplug Pro at JR 39.99 free shipping (today 11/11 only) http://www.jr.com/pogoplug/pe/PGG_POGOP01/?JRSource=chemail.WeekendSale.11112011by bodhi - Debian
Re: Accidently set arcNumber=, now wont boot. - 13 years ago
@restamp & kraqh3d, Well, it is my turn :-) I've made the same mistake with the GoFlex Net (used but working perfectly). I've installed UBoot and booted with an old Dockstar Debian USB image (arch number 2097). Next, I set arc number to 3089 (bad move), and then was interrupted so did not start installation for the new Debian kernel immediately (I blame the wine!). Murphy'by bodhi - Rescue System
Re: Automount NTFS on Dockstar Debian - 13 years ago
kraqh3d Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hey Bodhi, I thought you would find this > interesting... I was more than happy with the > performance with the sync option so I never looked > at async mode. Until very recently, I'd only had > USB attached discs. This time I was using a flash > media (ie conforming to the USB Mass Storage sby bodhi - Debian
Re: Accidently set arcNumber=, now wont boot. - 13 years ago
restamp & kraqh3d, I'm intrigued by the idea! Take it a step further, let' say I have a mipsel-based device with an older UBoot, and I want to run mipsel Debian on it (with rootfs on a USB stick). Is this doable? I understand that will be a lot of works, but it would a good learning experiment that I'm interested in. bodhiby bodhi - Rescue System
Re: Accidently set arcNumber=, now wont boot. - 13 years ago
@restamp, It would be nice to be able to "restore the initial OS onto the device's internal NAND memory" :-) I've always been wondering at the point where Jeff's UBoot is checking for the rescue system, can the original Pogoplug be restored using the attached USB device? pardon my ignorance here, perhaps it's not possible to do that in some instances? U-Bootby bodhi - Rescue System
Re: Accidently set arcNumber=, now wont boot. - 13 years ago
restamp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just curious: The original *nix that comes with > the Dockstar (and its associated devices) doesn't > require an arcNumber. (Does it?) I wonder if you > could put that kernel on a thumb drive and boot > that up, at least far enough to log in and reset > the arcNumber. > > And, when yby bodhi - Rescue System
Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 13 years ago
mycorunner, I have not set up the Pogoplug to go orange during booting. I only have the LED go green after Debian is running, and turn off when I shutdown. Likewise for a cold boot, it turns green after Debian finished the start up. You can see in the post above. For the Dockstar, I have the arch number set to 2998. And the LED files are in the /sys/class/leds directory as "dockstar&quby bodhi - Debian
Re: Pogoplug pink system command reduced - 13 years ago
kraqh3d Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... But it's not going to be > perfect because you've shoehorned a pre-compiled > custom kernel with modules into Debian. Ideally, > you should get the oxnas kernel source tree so you > can compile it and install it under Debian. ... --------------------------------------------------------by bodhi - Debian
Re: Pogoplug Pink fails in Validating Existing Uboot - 13 years ago
oddballhero, Thanks for the well written instructions! without reading the completed description in that link, I'm leaning toward the first approach. It sounds like a pretty safe approach, since the fallback is using ArchLinuxARM, or going back to the original system to try again another day :-) I would be happy using ArchLinuxARM with a strong support community for it already. -bodhiby bodhi - uBoot
Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 13 years ago
@David, fw_printenv arcNumber If that does not work, then you have some path problem, so use the full path: /usr/sbin/fw_printenvby bodhi - Debian
Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 13 years ago
davidnewton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bodhi: > > Thanks a lot. I will try this. > > BTW, I use the backup flash drive from my dockstar > to boot the pogoplug pink. Because of this, there > is no file/directory as > /sys/class/leds/plug:green:health/trigger, > instead, the it is > /sys/class/leds/dockstar:green:healtby bodhi - Debian
Re: Pogoplug pink system command reduced - 13 years ago
I think it's most likely one of the new pink Pogoplugs which are ARMv6 POGO-B03 - New Pink POGO-B04 - New Pink According to the Overview on Arch Linux ARM site: http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/pogoplug-provideov3 If it's one of these new pink Pogoplug, don't install Jeff's Uboot, it's for these "normal" pink Pogoplug (ARMv5): POGO-E02 POGOby bodhi - Debian
Re: Latest Dockstars Deals, Post your findings here! (Updated 01 Jan 11) - 13 years ago
davidnewton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I got a pink Pogoplug and installed uboot on it > then use a backup flash drive for my dockstar > debian to boot it up (with the change for the > 70-per* and 75-persi* files described by many > here, btw, thanks all at lot). It works very well > as replacement of the old dockstar with 128MB moreby bodhi - Debian
Re: Pogoplug Pink fails in Validating Existing Uboot - 13 years ago
restamp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Great news indeed! > > Thanks for being the guinea pig in this > experiment, bodhi, but hey, being a successful > guinea pig ain't all that bad, is it! > > Hope you get many years of use out of your > Pogoplug. restamp, not bad at all being a successful guinea pig, indeed! with yourby bodhi - uBoot
Re: Pogoplug Pink fails in Validating Existing Uboot - 13 years ago
Great news :-) It works as we hoped and expected. I modified the uBoot envs, setup netconsole on the Pogoplug Pink, started netconsoles from my Windows laptop, and then put in the Debian USB stick (backup image for the Dockstar), and rebooted. Also note that previously, I've missed one of the netconsole setenv statements. Caught that thanks to restamp diff listing above! Pogopluby bodhi - uBoot