Use putty or another ssh client to access your pogoplug. Pogoplug backup, for me anyway, has proved unreliable. Its probably possible to make it work, but the default install. My pogoplug runs arch linux arm with an nginxgunicorn setup that serves my djangobased website. Download pogoplug for free, an online storage service that offers 5 gb of free storage space so that anyone can have their files accessible on the cloud. Hacking the pogoplug v4 series 4 and mobile with linux. Finally i became sick of it and installed arch arm in much the same way you did for debian booting to a usb stick. The version in question pogoplug mobile v4 have been repurposed in the past for things like an inexpensive pbx, an openwrt router and even a squeezebox replacement.
At this point, your pogoplug should boot back up into debian or arch. Although it is possible to ssh into pogoplug v4, having serial console. Turn a pogoplug into a fullyfeatured linux web server youtube. Archlinux on the pogoplug v3 with oxnas kernel supports ext4 just fine, at least for nonboot drives. Login as the default user alarm with the password alarm. The pogoplug v3oxnas kernel supports only ext3 though i guess you mean the oxnas kernel supports ext3 only for its boot drive. For the past two years, ive had a hacked together system combining a desktop pc running ubuntu headless and a pogoplug v4 running arch linux arm headless. Ive moved on to another factory default pogoplug v4.
All id add, is the ability to rdpin to an xfce desktop and get a gui, and suggest setting swappiness to 2. While this has been done many times in the past, he gives a. If it is one of my uboot releases, then uboot envs need to be modified to boot arch. And then, following debian installer for plug computer instructions, after downloading the. I still have a pogoplug v4 that was setup the same way as the mobile, so that currently still works in case the mobile is. The image can be burned to a cd, mounted as an iso file, or be directly written to a usb stick using a utility like dd. Unfortunately i hadnt know about it until i ran an update to bring the code up to date, after which the unit would no longer boot. A script which installs uboot onto a pogoplug mobile or pogoplug series 4 allowing you to boot linux from usb or sd card. I want to maintain a backup of the root filesystem in case something goes wrong with the flash, so that i can restore the root filesystem to a new driveflash and boot my system. Just download our free mobile apps from your iphone, ipad or android. Id so encourage kids and linux newbs to have a look at this little 4watt wonder.
Booting arch linux arm alarm on pogoplug v2 is straightforward, as long as we have only attached the usb drivestick where alarm is installed. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices, from customizing the look and feel to adding new functionality. Squeezelite sound output stops after a few hours on. Move everything you need off of the arch linux arm. Arch linux arm on pogoplug wont boot when it came back, it wouldnt boot correctly so i booted up a ubuntu live cd and ran fsck until it came back clean. However, i will be happy if i can download and install the firmware v3. Turn a pogoplug into a fullfeatured linux web server. Luckily the pogoplugs are hackable, and instructions to run arch linux arm from sd card are indeed available for pogoplug mobile and pogoplug series v4, and somebody also managed to boot debian. The installer will create a simple debian linux installation on your external usb drive. After this, i put the stick back in the pogoplug, and everything booted up, but the devroot still said ext2 with the mount command. Initialize the pacman keyring and populate the arch linux arm package signing keys. I also followed the instructions by moustafa hassan to identify and solder the serial console pins, but chose a different connection method. Pogoplug even lets you send large files instantly, without uploading or attachingnever send an attachment over email again.
With the device on and online, register and enable ssh through my power down the original, unmodified pogoplug series 4. With the device on and online, register and enable ssh through my. That one is a pogoplug mobile model pogov4a101, the one i got is model pogov4a301 not sure exactly what the difference is but there seem to be several variations. Instant access to your photos, videos and documents from anywhere. Restoringrecovering pogoplug pro other architectures. I have a pogoplug series 4 pogo v4 a301 and boot from sd card, installed debian version is. Inside is an arm processor running linux kernel version 2.
Here im basing the tools and instruction on arch linux. I wanted to make sure i got one of the 2 that are officially supported on the arch page for the best chance at sucess. Having your files stored on the cloud is very simple nowadays, so that we always have access to them whenever we. Replacing a pc and pogoplug with a raspberry pi 3 thinkleet. Jul 19, 2014 luckily the pogoplugs are hackable, and instructions to run arch linux arm from sd card are indeed available for pogoplug mobile and pogoplug series v4, and somebody also managed to boot debian. Hacking the pogoplug v4 series 4 and mobile with linux debian. I have a pogoplug series 4 pogov4a301 and boot from sd card, installed debian version is. Plug in the pogoplug without any usb drive attached. Run linux on your dockstar, goflex, or pogoplug nas.
At first it was fine, but slowly pogoplug started taking features away and gimping the software. Btw, please dont let any 3rd party uboot fool you that it cant handle to boot the originalstock firmware. The version is squeezelitearmv5te, and this is running on arch linux on a pogoplug v4 which has 3 usb ports one is occupied by an edimax wifi dongle, and one is occupied by a cmedia audio card. Per the instruction, edited the fstab file so that it includes devroot ext3 defaults 0 1 8. Booting pogoplug from the correct usb disk extreme pogoplug. Hacking the pogoplug v4 series 4 and mobile with linux debian or arch.
Apr 24, 2017 films by kris hardware has started quite an interesting youtube series on hacking and owning a pogoplug mobile v4. Pogoplugs are great little storage devices, but they can do more than they let on. This is an instruction how to install arch linux on a pogoplugv2. Arch linux arm view topic pogoplug pro latest firmware. Thanks from me too, as this was my first plug computer and its been a joy to tweak and run for a year now. Pogoplug drive is a freetouse app that allows you to mount your remote computer or hard drive like a local disk. You can run this pc program on windows xpvista7810 32 and 64bit.
An easy workaround is to detach any usb drives but the alarm usb until booting. Jun 30, 2012 backing up arch linux arm alarm on pogoplug ive installed arch linux arm on 1gb flash drive. Restoringrecovering pogoplug pro so ive seen the various messages that the pogoplug pro pogop01 is no longer supported in archlinux at least with the newer builds. After having it deregistered by support, i tried installing archlinuxarm on it. Jun 27, 2012 booting pogoplug from the correct usb disk booting arch linux arm alarm on pogoplug v2 is straightforward, as long as we have only attached the usb drivestick where alarm is installed. This produced a brick with a flashing green light, so do not try to install arch for arm on this device. Installing arch linux and setting up everything on plug computers. Execute script on linux from mainframe using rexec. Arch linux arm view topic pogoplug v4 archlinux tar wget. I have a pogoplug pro v4 that i bought off from amazon and it has never worked, i eventually figured out how to get serial access to it and shows. Power down the original, unmodified pogoplug series 4. Pogoplug e02 arch linux arm installation step by step.
The install was easy enough, but getting the configuration correct turned into a literal projectit has its own github repository. While this has been done many times in the past, he gives a great step by step t. See more ideas about hacks, plex media and mobile models. Just download our free mobile apps from your iphone, ipad or. Films by kris hardware has started quite an interesting youtube series on hacking and owning a pogoplug mobile v4. Heres how to install linux, apache, mysql and php lamp on your pogoplug and have a fullyfeatured web server on the cheap. But if we have any additional usb drives attached to pogoplug, we face troubles booting alarm. Arch linux arm runs on any processor that supports armv5te or higher, which includes fun cheap boards and gadgets like pogoplug, sheevaplug, tonidoplug, raspberry pi, beagleboard, cubox, pandaboard, and trimslice. If you decide that you dont like debian and want to use the old pogoplug software, simply unplug your usb drive and reboot. Installing arch linux and setting up everything on plug. With only the drive you intend to install arch linux arm to plugged in all data will be erased, switch on the power. Once i bought a dockstar, and was mightily annoyed by it. Even android app shows a 15 days period to upgrade to premium. Customers care fixed my problems with online account old first of all, their site doesnt work, the message i got is to purchase a subscription.
Sep 24, 2010 heres how to install linux, apache, mysql and php lamp on your pogoplug and have a fullyfeatured web server on the cheap. I successfully set up a v4 aka series 4 pogoplug mainly using the information presented here and a few tidbits from arch, optware and elsewhere. I grabbed an identical replacement few days ago, but for some reason i was having trouble getting debian working again, despite using identical device, similar thumb drive and following the same procedure. Pogoplug mobile with archlinux, mmc uboot, and rescue. Everything after the arch linux installation install webmin, samba, dlna, can be used for all devices which run arch linux for arm. The pogoplug series 4 is the latest generation of hardware from pogoplug, representing a return to the marvell kirkwood platform. If youre using putty and still having issues, make sure to download the latest version. How to migrate from debian to arch linux on pogoplug series 4. If you get a command not found for wget or reboot, try adding busybox in front of the c.
Installing arch linux on the pogoplug terminally incoherent. Many hackers and technical savvy has installed custom firmware onto pogoplug device to run applications e. Available for pogoplug remote access 2016 pro users only. A couple of days ago, and after performing as advertised for some days, pogoplug backup detached the hard drive and then, once the hard drive was reconnected, started backing up files that i had disabled via the stop option. The pogoplug is a box the size of a wifi router that has a gigabit ethernet port and four usb ports one on the front and three on the back. The pogoplug, and its variants such as seagate freeagent dockstar and seagate goflex net, is a plug computer that originally intend to serve as a personal cloud to share photos, videos and files through internet. That one is a pogoplug mobile model pogo v4 a101, the one i got is model pogo v4 a301 not sure exactly what the difference is but there seem to be several variations. I used the default pogoplug software for a while with it.
The pc handled all download scheduling, pihole, centralized media library database for 4 instances of kodi, external ssh access, and for a brief time an instance of mythtv. I plugged it back into the pogoplug and rebooted to no avail. Hacking the pogoplug v4 series 4 and mobile with linux debian or arch close. Eventually new pogoplugs came out, and i invested a whopping nine bucks in a used pogoplug mobile. If youre not familiar with the pogoplug, it is a small linux based plug computer that allows you to share personal files over the web. Installing debian on pogoplug series v4 life of a computer scientist. Ssh into pogoplug using putty or similar ssh clients, you should also know the ip address of pogoplug to ssh which can be found from your router setting. Unfortunately i hadnt know about it until i ran an update to bring the code up to. Adventurous users have installed it on various smartphones. Now we are ready to download the kirkwood arch binaries. On my last tutorial i showed you how to install samba on pogoplug 4, pogoplug pro and pogoplug office devices now were going to do something more adventurous. Oct 29, 2011 my pogoplug runs arch linux arm with an nginxgunicorn setup that serves my djangobased website.
Pogoplug, openvpn and archlinux in my continuing adventures with the pogoplug v4, i decided to get openvpn working. Pogoplug web server running arch linux arm youtube. Turn a pogoplug into a fullyfeatured linux web server. Im using a pogoplug series v4 with a samdisk cruzer fit 16gb flash drive which fits snuggly on the top usb 2. Installing debian on pogoplug series v4 life of a computer. There are various instructions from people who played with this extra cheap device on the net. Dec 08, 2017 for the past two years, ive had a hacked together system combining a desktop pc running ubuntu headless and a pogoplug v4 running arch linux arm headless. How to mount your pogoplug on linux automatically tux tweaks. Backing up arch linux arm alarm on pogoplug ive installed arch linux arm on 1gb flash drive. Pogoplug e02v4 with arch linux arm nas quis technology. Finally, free your mobile device from storage limits by accessing content and media from your personal cloud. Everything we have to do to install arch linux are 4 steps. Stop the pogogplug software otherwise it will interfere with the installation process. Lamp on your pogoplug and have a fullyfeatured web server on.
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