NAS
Pogoplug is cheap $20 and as good as or better than other NAS. I hook up my Pogoplug classic E02 and a free USB drive (4GB) from Microcenter.
Basic statistic about Pogoplug E02
- ARM 1.2GB
- 256MB memory
- 124MB NAND
- Gigabit ethernet
- 5W power
- 4 USB 2.0 connector.
Install ArchLinux on pogoplug (Debian is better actually)
See the instruction in http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5/pogoplug-v2-pinkgray for how to install Archlinux on pogoplug (E02). I make a copy below.
killall hbwd
cd /tmp
wget http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/uboot/install_uboot_mtd0.sh
chmod +x install_uboot_mtd0.sh
./install_uboot_mtd0.sh
/sbin/fdisk /dev/sda
At the fdisk prompt, delete old partitions and create a new one:
- Type o. This will clear out any partitions on the drive.
- Type p to list partitions. There should be no partitions left.
- Now type n, then p for primary, 1 for the first partition on the drive, and then press ENTER, accepting default values.
- Exit by typing w.
wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/pogoplug/mke2fs chmod 755 mke2fs ./mke2fs /dev/sda1 mkdir usb mount /dev/sda1 usb cd usb wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-armv5te-latest.tar.gz tar -xzvf ArchLinuxARM-armv5te-*.tar.gz # This will take a long time rm ArchLinuxARM-armv5te-*.tar.gz sync # Takes a while when using a flash drive. Not in my case however. cd .. umount usb /sbin/reboot
Log back in after your Pogoplug reboots using username root and password root.
At the end, the system is very lean.
[root@alarm ~]# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 252492 28292 224200 0 4580 14072
-/+ buffers/cache: 9640 242852
Swap: 0 0 0
[root@alarm ~]# df -lh
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 7.4G 443M 6.6G 7% /
/dev/root 7.4G 443M 6.6G 7% /
devtmpfs 124M 0 124M 0% /dev
run 124M 224K 124M 1% /run
shm 124M 0 124M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 124M 0 124M 0% /tmp
[root@alarm ~]# uname -a
Linux alarm 3.1.10-13-ARCH #1 PREEMPT Mon Aug 20 15:46:18 UTC 2012 armv5tel GNU/Linux
[root@alarm ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : Feroceon 88FR131 rev 1 (v5l)
BogoMIPS : 1191.11
Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp
CPU implementer : 0x56
CPU architecture: 5TE
CPU variant : 0x2
CPU part : 0x131
CPU revision : 1
Hardware : Marvell SheevaPlug Reference Board
Revision : 0000
Serial : 0000000000000000
[root@alarm ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : Feroceon 88FR131 rev 1 (v5l)
BogoMIPS : 1191.11
Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp
CPU implementer : 0x56
CPU architecture: 5TE
CPU variant : 0x2
CPU part : 0x131
CPU revision : 1
Hardware : Marvell SheevaPlug Reference Board
Revision : 0000
Serial : 0000000000000000
[root@alarm ~]#
After it, follow the instruction on lifehacker and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:usrlib
pacman -Syu --ignore glibc pacman -Su mkinitcpio -p linux
To install rsync, use
pacman -S rsync
Unfortunately, I cannot bypass the error
[root@alarm ~]# pacman -Suy rsync :: Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra is up to date community is up to date alarm is up to date aur is up to date :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (2): glibc-2.16.0-4 rsync-3.0.9-5 Total Installed Size: 34.26 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.61 MiB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (2/2) checking package integrity [#############################] 100% (2/2) loading package files [#############################] 100% (2/2) checking for file conflicts [#############################] 100% error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) glibc: /lib exists in filesystem Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Install Debian on pogoplug
See the instruction on http://projects.doozan.com/debian.
- Find your devices's IP address and connect via SSH:
- Partition your flash drive with fdisk:
fdisk /dev/sda # Configure partion 1 as Linux (I'd recommend making this at least 512Mb. The default bare-bones installation uses 280Mb.) # Configure partion 2 as Linux Swap (I used 256MB. Adjust according to your anticipated memory usage.) # Set partition 1 active
- Download and run the Debian Wheezy installer:
cd /tmp wget http://projects.doozan.com/debian/kirkwood.debian-wheezy.sh chmod +x kirkwood.debian-wheezy.sh export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin ./kirkwood.debian-wheezy.sh
- Alternatively, you can choose to install Debian Squeeze with the following commands:
cd /tmp wget http://projects.doozan.com/debian/dockstar.debian-squeeze.sh chmod +x dockstar.debian-squeeze.sh export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin ./dockstar.debian-squeeze.sh
The script will take some time to download the debian images and extract them to your flash drive. The total install time will vary with the speed of your flash drive and your Internet connection. On my system, it takes about 20 minutes. Once it's finished, you can reboot into your new Debian install.
After your device reboots, it may have a different IP address (it's identifying as 'Debian' to the DHCP server now instead of 'Pogoplug').
The default root password in Debian is 'root'. After you've logged in, you should change the root password and configure /etc/apt/sources.list to point to a Debian mirror near you.
passwd nano /etc/apt/sources.list
After reboot, the debian system is very lean too
root@debian:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 3.2G 260M 2.8G 9% /
none 123M 36K 123M 1% /dev
/dev/sda1 3.2G 260M 2.8G 9% /
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /lib/init/rw
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 125M 0 125M 0% /tmp
root@debian:~# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 255672 19636 236036 0 816 11104
-/+ buffers/cache: 7716 247956
Swap: 535544 0 535544
After I install LAMP, the memory uses 250MB. However, after I reboot the pogoplug, it reduces to 66MB.
root@debian:~# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 255672 66076 189596 0 1244 37000
-/+ buffers/cache: 27832 227840
Swap: 535544 0 535544
Other resources:
Make it more powerful
- Backup server (RAID 1)
- Remote file access (AjaXplorer).
- BitTorrentTM client
- SFTP server.
- WebDAV, owncloud.org.
- SAMBA server. So every computer in LAN can access the contents there. On Windows computer, type \\192.168.1.3\ShareFolder, for example.
- UPnP media server will stream the media content on your Pogoplug to any compatible media player such as the PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and D-Link Boxee Box over your local network.
- Email alerts
- Print server.
- Power saving mode (not needed)