Ups, sorry - yes, you're on a DreamPlug. If I recall correctly there have been discussion here about the usage of such tools on other variants than the SheevaPlug. But as I just use the latter I haven't followed them closely enough to make any suggestion ...

you may want to look at cbxbiker61's sheeva-uboot-tools: http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=5867.0

maybe suffering from a faulty power supply?

Ah, as far any other n00b as I'm one. I added

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

to /etc/apt/sources.list

non-free for e.g. unrar and
contrib for e.g. SABnzbd

Hmm, was under the impression that if I did a standard install of Debian Squeeze I'd get (access) to all standard packages. But it looks like this isn't the case for the ARM version?!

Anyway: installed some packages manually and it's running (in brief mode - still SABnzbd in dev dir).

Only warning I have so far is about unrar. I used unrar-free as I could find any other, but SABnzbd complains, that this version is not recommended.

Hi, wanted to install Sabnzbd on my SheevaPlug running with Debian Squeeze.

As to http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/install-unix there should be an official package for Debian, but I can't find it.
Do I have to add a specific repository, or isn't it just available for ARM?

I ran into that issue as well some time, ago and deleting the file did solve the problem. However reading your post I think it's time for me to understand the following:

I understand while booting the "same/cloned" system in an indentical HW it would add an extra line for the new eth inf / MAC found.
But shouldn't it be labled eth0 as well! (as there's just one eth interface in the system)? Why is it getting a higher number?
Does the SheevaPlug's board design offer a potential second eth interface?

or Itanium. Anyway - seems like MS is looking into the new options and markets these kind of low power systems can open for them: https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/jan11/01-05socsupport.mspx

no, when I do a "ifconfig" it just gives me something like:
no eth0 nor eth1 nor ... have to look into this

tried to fix/check my SD card this morning, but when putting it back into the SheevaPlug it didn't come up again. My first guess was that I screwed the FSs, but at a second glance it was "just", that the PSU failed (just flashing LEDs).

So I put it into my second spare Plug, which boots, but it came up without any ethernet interface (ifconfig just report a lo; guess I have to check the uboot settings).

Luckily I still had a spare GuruPlug PSU from a friend lying around, so I soldered it into the broken SheevaPlug, which then came up nicely.

So I still have to monitor if that SD issue was triggered by a "weak" PSU, or if the issue persists ...

@ll, I have a SheevaPlug running Debian Squeeze from a 4GB SD card for some month, now.

Lately I have the issue that the plug gets unusable after performing e.g. an "apt-get update":
I even can't reboot it remotely any longer:
Only solution is to pull the power plug out of the socket and power cycling it.

Might this behavior be caused by the SD card dying. How can I check its health?

I tried to swap the USB-Hub with an ~ 1 m long USB extension cable, but without improving the situation. SheevaPlug still doesn't see the USB3.0 HDD.
Maybe I have to give it another try with an even longer one I have at home as well ...

Hi leadog,


sorry for the naive question, however I guess the patches provided by pingtoo (see post http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=1134.msg7016#msg7016 and following) haven't been integrated into your u-boot image?!

Would you or sb else know, if your and pingtoo's (and maybe other fixes) were already merged into a "latest and greatest" image. (doubt I'd be experienced enough to build an image on my own (more likely bricking my plug ;-)))

Similar issue here: just bought a 2TB CnMemory Spaceloop USB 3.0 HDD (Western Digital WD20EARS:http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_caviar_green_2tb_review_wd20ears)

As "just" 5400 RPM hoped for a faster spin-up from power save mode as with my current Hitachi 7200 RPM drive. Cloning (rsync) the content both USB-drives connected via an USB-Hub to the SheevaPlug's USB-Port worked fine.

However why I tried to attach the 3.0 HDD directly to my SheevaPlug it's not recognized.

Same result with a friends SheevaPlug (he also bought that CnMemory). Though his GuruPlug "sees" it.

Seems I've to stick with an USB-Hub as "converter", now. :-(

Roughly off topic as I haven't used mythtv.

I succeded to compile and run HTS TVHeadend together with an USB-SVB-S2 TeVii card on my SheevaPlug (Debian Squeeze) streaming the content over the net to my XBMC (XBMC Live; ASRock ION330).