FYI: I just tried to install this following Martins advice and have now bricked my Sheevaplug.
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on: March 23, 2013, 01:33:57 PM
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on: March 23, 2013, 01:29:21 PM
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Yeah - it works - but it failed again soon after with component failure. I couldn't believe it. (the charge/discharge cycle of the 16V cap might have caused this)
What I did was order a SWITCHED MODE power supply 5V@2Amps and wired that in, removing the Sheevaplug PSU module. I think it cost about £5-6. Switched mode power supplies have smaller transformer, capacitor's etc... and are hopefully engineered better than the Sheevaplug PSU. It worked again fine after that. It has just gone down in the past week - but nothing to do with the PSU. |
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on: March 22, 2013, 04:11:02 PM
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Thank you. I'll stick to something that is known to work flawlessly :-)
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on: March 22, 2013, 04:03:22 PM
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Hello
I'm no expert, so would rather check with you before possibly breaking things. Apparently, Debian relies on symlinks in /etc/rc3.d/ to load services, and it says this: Code: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 22 2013 S01bootlogs -> ../init.d/bootlogs* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Mar 22 2013 S13portmap -> ../init.d/portmap* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 22 2013 S14nfs-common -> ../init.d/nfs-common* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Mar 22 2013 S16rsyslog -> ../init.d/rsyslog* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 22 2013 S17atd -> ../init.d/atd* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Mar 22 2013 S17cron -> ../init.d/cron* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 22 2013 S17exim4 -> ../init.d/exim4* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 22 2013 S18rc.local -> ../init.d/rc.local* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Mar 22 2013 S18rmnologin -> ../init.d/rmnologin* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Mar 22 2013 S18stop-bootlogd -> ../init.d/stop-bootlogd* I have no need for NFS, so I guess I can remove portmap and nfs-common. Like, I don't need an SMTP server, so I could remove exim. What about the rest? Thank you. |
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Linux Stuff / General Linux questions / Re: [Martin Michlmayr's installer] Stuck at "Partition disks"
on: March 22, 2013, 03:44:52 PM
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| Started by littlebigman - Last post by littlebigman | ||
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Thanks to that tutorial, I now have Debian 6.0 running on my SheevaPlug
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Linux Stuff / General Linux questions / Re: [Martin Michlmayr's installer] Stuck at "Partition disks"
on: March 22, 2013, 09:16:20 AM
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| Started by littlebigman - Last post by littlebigman | ||
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For the benefit of other newbies: Although the tutorial does say that...
Quote The Debian installer doesn't currently support installations to on-board flash storage, but you can use it to install to USB, SD or eSATA. In order to proceed, you will therefore need either a USB stick (or disk), an SD card or an external disk with an eSATA port. ... I was confused because it said further down that it's possible to download the installer from a TFTP server.But that was really the installer: Debian itself cannot be installed directly on the NAND flash memory, so you really need to first plug a USB stick into the Plug before downloading and running the installer. With the USB stick plugged in, you'll get to this better-looking screen: Code: +------------------------¦ [!!] Partition disks +-------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ The installer can guide you through partitioning a disk (using ¦ ¦ different standard schemes) or, if you prefer, you can do it ¦ ¦ manually. With guided partitioning you will still have a chance later ¦ ¦ to review and customise the results. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ If you choose guided partitioning for an entire disk, you will next ¦ ¦ be asked which disk should be used. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Partitioning method: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Guided - use entire disk ¦ ¦ Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM ¦ ¦ Guided - use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM ¦ ¦ Manual ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ <Go Back> However, Martin's tutorial ends with: Quote Your plug computer is now ready to boot Debian from USB, SD or eSATA and it will automatically do so whenever you turn on the plug computer Since the Plug has a 512MB NAND flash memory, it'd be too bad not to use it and be required to keep a USB stick plugged permanently to run Debian while this wasn't necessary to run Ubuntu. Thankfully, Matthias Blaicher's tutorial explains how to copy Debian from the USB stick to the NAND flash memory: In the "Partition disks" where I used to be stuck, I chose the default option "Guided - use entire disk", and the Debian installer detected the USB stick as "SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) - 3.9 GB Kingston DT 101 G2", and completed the install onto the stick. I'll report back once the installer is done copying Debian to the stick. |
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Linux Stuff / General Linux questions / Re: [Martin Michlmayr's installer] Stuck at "Partition disks"
on: March 22, 2013, 07:30:46 AM
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| Started by littlebigman - Last post by littlebigman | ||
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The documentation says
Quote The installer knows about all supported plug computers and will create a bootable kernel and ramdisk at the end of the installation. The installer will also offer a partition layout that is known to work. If you want to choose a different layout, make sure that you create a small (ca. 150 MB) /boot partition with the ext2 filesystem. Could it be that upgrading Uboot wiped out the NAND and I first need to create an empty partition before running the installer? If so, how do to this from Uboot? |
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on: March 22, 2013, 07:27:56 AM
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| Started by littlebigman - Last post by odoll | ||
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As to http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=6170 I think 2011.12-3 is the last working DENX version.
Though I myself haven't found time to test it, yet, you might give the version at https://doukki.net/plugs/sheevaplug/testing/ a try?!? |
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on: March 22, 2013, 07:21:18 AM
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| Started by littlebigman - Last post by littlebigman | ||
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Hello
I'm following Martin Michlmayr's "Installing Debian on Plug Computers" to upgrade my SheevaPlug from Ubuntu to Debian. After successfully upgrading Uboot, I used a TFTP server to download and run MM's installer, but I'm stuck at this screen: Code: ------------------------¦ [!!] Partition disks +-------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount ¦ ¦ points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount ¦ ¦ point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to ¦ ¦ initialize its partition table. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Undo changes to partitions ¦ ¦ Finish partitioning and write changes to disk ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ <Go Back> ¦ ¦ ¦ +--------------------------------------------------------------------- I tried "Finish partitioning and write changes to disk" and hit ENTER, but it said: Quote No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu. So next, I tried "Undo changes to partitions", but I get a blank screen, nothing happens. Hit CLTR+C, got back to "Partition disks" menu, but don't know what else to try. Any idea? Thank you. |
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on: March 22, 2013, 07:14:54 AM
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| Started by cbxbiker61 - Last post by panachoi | ||
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I just downloaded your 3.8.4 kernel, which behaves much better on the guruplug server plus with the SD8686 wireless. I can now load the libertas_sdio module without errors. Alas, this gives me client mode only.
Any chance you can enable the LIBERTAS_THINFIRM module in the next builds ? I think that with this module enable, we might be able (with the appropriate thin firmware, and hostapd) to use the SD8686 equipped machines as APs (how well, I cannot say, but it seems to work for the XO project)... Thanks. |
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