Can you change the line back in uboot-nand-custom.txt to orion_nand?

I changed it because the notes said:

# NAND flash partitions. If using kernel >= 2.6.30 then replace orion_nand with orion_mtd

Can you elaborate why?

9 Downloads, anyone tried it out?

I have pulled all the relevent stuff together, and built an "unofficial sheeva-with-debian" installer 1.01.

It's based on the Ubuntu Sheevainstaller 1.0 with the following changes:

• Debian Squeeze (mine)
• Updated Kernel (cxbiker 2.6.32.3)
• Updated uboot (3.4.27 - pingtoo patch.01)
• Statically linked Linux OpenOCD
• Rootdelay for NAND booting set to 5seconds (to help cure HDD not mounting at boot)
• Cleaned up some of the the errors and possible confusion in the instructions

The file is available here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=04c9dc1dbf3b7c15ab1eab3e9fa335caff81ba820fb48529

It's currently totally untested, as I only have the one plug, and I don't want to upset my perfectly setup system to test it.  Looking for guinea pigs to try it out!!!

It's based on Aramda300, but I can't find any specs as to what that actually is.   It could be just a higher clocked Feroceon used in the Sheevaplug...

Portland in England? or Portland in the US?

Have done some major wiki updates to the page to bring it bang upto date, and include some handy tips for a troublefree install..

http://www.openplug.org/plugwiki/index.php/Run_TwonkyMedia_on_Sheevaplug

Use the cxbiker special kernel with IO transactions and then use iotop to see where writing is occuring the most.

In theory, you should be able to.   Last time I tried, it failed to boot with a ramdisk size problem, however I believe that has since been fixed
See here:

http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=717.msg5416#msg5416

And the possible fix which are in cxbikers newer kernels (untested) here:

http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=933.msg6429#msg6429

So yes, I think it should work.   Let us know how you get on!!!

I would use uboot 3.4.27-pingtoo-01, as it fixed a small problem in 3.4.27 that some may come across..

http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=1134.msg7028#msg7028

I put the wiki page together (quickly I admit), feel free to update it/enhance it.

The problem is, everyones setup is different.   I won't advise having your database on ANY flash device (either NAND or SD) as it does write very regularly to it, as it keeps things like play histories and dynamic playlists.  It's really worth relocating the entire appdata directory to the same filesystem that shares your media (HDD) and setting the contentbase parameter, as most peoples problems occur because the mediaserver scanner is trying to scan non media files...

for example:   contentbase=/mnt/media

and then the web UI will show the top level directory as /mnt/media rather than /  It also means it's impossible to add silly stuff outside the media directory to the database...

Also, there is a blacklist of directories than the server scanner will igore:


Also watch out for following symlinks (which it does not do by default), to enable this, set followlinks=1

The INI file is UTF16 format, which can be hard to edit, as things like nano and pico don't do UTF16.  It's sometimes easier to set the configuration via the web interface.  Any variable in the INIfile can be set by using the following web RPC call:

http:\\<your-server-ip>:9000\rpc\set_option?<parameter_name>=<parameter_value>

For example:
http:\\<your-server-ip>:9000\rpc\set_option?contentbase=/mnt/media

To view the current value:

http:\\<your-server-ip>:9000\rpc\get_option?<parameter_name>

Precisely.  Anyone with any ounce of common sense will put the spin/hype/fud aside and pick a product based on REAL values (price, performance, build quality, features and specification),,,

But isn't this just marketing people TELLING people that what they are doing is new and exciting?  Look at Nintendos stupid marketing tricks of drip feeding supplies, so consumers kill each other to buy one (they must be good, right, because nowhere has them...).   The reality is however, that the Playstation2 was doing EXACTLY what the Wii is doing today, TEN years ago, with the EyeToy camera and motion tracking.

Same really for the iPod/iPhone, yes, they might have a good UI, but everything else about them sucks badly, their PRIMARY purpose, music in the case of the ipod and making calls in the case of the iPhone, they are both horrid at (the sound quality of the iPods in particular, which cheap Chinese players regularly outclass them in).

As for the UI, again, Apple have such a foothold, people don't bother to explore alternatives.  Creative, Sony Walkman and iRiver all have great speedy UI, and do exactly what they neeed to, no more, and arguably because of that do it better than Apple.

I just get annoyed when marketing wins out over tech.  In my ideal world, the products with the best technology will always succeed, and marketing would not be needed at all.

0.91 working well for me here using lighttpd  Nice work!!!

Processes still not working for me, but not sure if it updated, as it still reports 0.90.

Doesn't sound very Plug form factor....   Seems it's heading more to SFF server...