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Our Debian-installation started from Arch-Linux, which could be booted on the Pogoplug-device already. This was installed following these instructions: <link> http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5/pogoplug-v2-pinkgray </link> Instructions to install Debian from scratch via SSH. [u-boot-instructions are missing there for ARM-systems] <link> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/armel/apds03.html.en </link> uboot installation made easy: <link> http://mehl.co/files/pogoplug-debian.sh </link> ** Next follow the step-by-step instructions: ** Under Arch-Linux [everything is done as root] ** * Partition USB-Stick for Debian using fdisk: <code> fdisk -l /dev/sda </code> * This is our result: <code> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 2048 14338047 7168000 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 14338048 15368191 515072 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 14340096 15368191 514048 82 Linux swap / Solaris </code> [The swap-space was put on a logical partition, a primary partition would also do here] * format /dev/sdb1 as ext3 and disable automatic fsck. * The swap-partition is also made and activated: <code> mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1 tune2fs -c 0 -i 0 /dev/sdb1 mkswap /dev/sdb5 swapon /dev/sdb5 </code> * Prepare and mount a directory for the Debian-installation: <code> mkdir /mnt/debinst mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/debinst </code> * The Debootstrap-archive is extracted there: <code> /usr/sbin/debootstrap --arch ARCH wheezy /mnt/debinst http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian </code> [Alternatively the archive can be downloaded using wget. Search online for ’debootstrap_1.0.26_dump.tar.gz’ or similar, download and extract to '/mnt/debinst'] * mount /proc/ and chroot into the newly extracted debootstrap-system: <code> mount -t proc proc /mnt/debinst/proc LANG=C.UTF-8 chroot /mnt/debinst /bin/bash </code> [From this point on packages can be installed using aptitude or apt-get] * Devices are created: <code> apt-get install makedev mount none /proc -t proc cd /dev MAKEDEV generic </code> * Edit /etc/fstab : <code> # etc/fstab UUID=f5bf5451-9ad6-484c-88a4-9a260c893528 / ext3 defaults 0 1 UUID=b9dbd61f-0c12-46f1-8e87-0dedadc779f0 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 </code> [UUIDs on your system are found by 'ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/'] * Set time: <code> # etc/adjtime 0.0 0 0.0 0 UTC </code> * Choose timezone <code> dpkg-reconfigure tzdata </code> * Configure network-interface to use dhcp preliminarily: <code> # etc/network/interfaces auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp </code> * Set package-sources for dpkg: <code> # /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian wheezy main deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main </code> * Don't forget to update the package-cache: <code> aptitude update </code> * Install and configure locales: <code> aptitude install locales dpkg-reconfigure locales </code> * Configure keyboard: <code> aptitude install console-setup dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration </code> * Install the right kernel for Pogoplug v2 : <code> aptitude install linux-image-3.2.0-4-kirkwood </code> ** U-boot configuration according to <link> http://mehl.co/files/pogoplug-debian.sh </link> ** * First some packages need to be installed: <code> aptitude install mtd-utils aptitude install flash-kernel aptitude install module-init-tools aptitude install uboot-envtools aptitude install binutils </code> * Then the kernel is copied to the NAND-Flash: <code> export KERNEL_VERSION=3.2.0-4-kirkwood /usr/bin/mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-$KERNEL_VERSION -d /boot/vmlinuz-$KERNEL_VERSION /boot/uImage </code> [Explanation of options: - -A architecture - -O operating-system - -T image-type - -C compression - -a specify loading-address - -e specify point of entry - -n specify image-name - -d specify kernel-image /boot/uImage is the image for uboot.] * Copy InitRamDisk to NAND-flash : <code> /usr/bin/mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-$KERNEL_VERSION -d /boot/initrd.img-$KERNEL_VERSION /boot/uInitrd </code> * Set hostname and C as default-locale . <code> echo 'space-pogo' > /etc/hostname echo LANG=C > /etc/default/locale </code> * Edit /etc/fw_env.config . <code> # etc/fw_env.config /dev/mtd0 0xc0000 0x20000 0x20000 </code> * Edit the following file: <code> #/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-flash-kernel #!/bin/sh version="$1" bootopt="" # passing the kernel version is required [ -z "${version}" ] && exit 0 echo "Running flash-kernel ${version}" flash-kernel ${version} </code> * inittab is edited to send boot-messages to the serial interface and disable virtual terminals: <code> #/etc/inittab #1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 #2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2 #3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3 #4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4 #5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5 #6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6 T0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 linux </code> * Edit /etc/default/rcS <code> # etc/default/rcS HWCLOCKACCESS=no CONCURRENCY=shell </code> * Finally the following commands were executed, while it is unclear whether these are essential <code> if [ -e /etc/blkid.tab ]; then rm /etc/blkid.tab; fi ln -s /dev/null /etc/blkid.tab if [ -e /etc/mtab ]; then rm /etc/mtab; fi ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab </code> ** this is it, DONE, everything works just fine** -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlLOh4AACgkQ5+rBHyUt5wsZUwCgwSMlhDkBhdNecml2Au+CRzk4 QhoAoIrvR4qI0DoEaXtfAgpGgOb2US/F =o7gt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
