[clue] Plug Computers

[Scott Mann]

On 04/26/2011 12:28 PM, Scott Mann wrote:
> On 04/26/2011 12:01 PM, Will wrote:
>> Scott,
>>
>>    Thanks for the information.  Looking at Pogo the convince of it all
>> would be very nice but I do have some pause about the only thing
>> between my backups and the Internet being an e-mail address and
>> password.  Do you use the Pogo software or have you used uboot to load
>> another Distro?
> Yes, I used a different distro/uboot on the pink. Definitely need to get
> rid of ALL pogo software!
>
> The list below should get you going and give you some ideas. Of course,
> your mileage may vary and, if you aren't careful, you can brick your
> device :) Happily, you can work around that as well (just google
> "bricked my pogo" or similar and you'll find all sorts of useful
> information like, how to make a console cable). Good luck!
>
> Setting up plugbox linux on a pogopink
> --------------------------------------
> 1. Start by going through the setup here:
> http://plugapps.com/index.php5?title=PlugApps:Pogoplug_Setboot
Oops. This is now, 
http://www.plugapps.com/index.php5/PlugApps_Wiki:Pogoplug_Setboot

Sorry about that.
> Before you reboot, you'll want to edit the file "/tmp/usb/etc/rc.conf",
> assuming you extracted plugbox into /tmp/usb. You need to set
> the IP address to something you can reach (it defaults to dhcp, which
> won't work because uboot's MAC address was overwritten with
> a new uboot). Once your system has rebooted, you can get in and follow
> the instructions to set your environment variables in uboot (including
> the MAC address).
>
> 2. Note that you don't need to go through the steps at
> http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/uboot/
> unless you really want to make sure that you've got the latest.
>
> 3. Make sure that you follow the steps at:
> http://plugapps.com/index.php5?title=Application:OpenNTPD
>
> 4. Now you can install whatever standard linux stuff you want
> assuming that you have a large enough drive. Just use pacman,
> yet another package manager. Have a look here:
> http://www.plugboxlinux.org/index.php5?title=Guide:Package_Management
>
> 5. To find packages, use pacman -Ss, e.g.
>
> [root at pogo-pink ~]# pacman -Ss samba
> extra/gnome-vfs 2.24.3-2
>       The GNOME Virtual File System
> extra/samba 3.5.4-2
>       Tools to access a server's filespace and printers via SMB
> community/g2sc 0.2-3
>       Samba gtk2 client
> community/gadmin-samba 0.2.9-1
>       An easy to use GTK+ frontend for the SAMBA file and print server
> community/perl-crypt-smbhash 0.12-1
>       Perl/CPAN Module Crypt::SmbHash : Perl-only implementation of
> lanman and nt md4 hash functions, for use in Samba style smbpasswd
>       entries.
> [root at pogo-pink ~]# pacman -Ss smb
> extra/lm_sensors 3.1.2-3
>       Collection of user space tools for general SMBus access and
> hardware monitoring
> extra/pysmbc 1.0.9-1
>       Python libsmbclient bindings
> extra/samba 3.5.4-2
>       Tools to access a server's filespace and printers via SMB
> extra/smbclient 3.5.4-2
>       Tools to access a server's filespace and printers via SMB
> community/arch-backup 0.8.7-2
>       trivial backup scripts (ssh/smb support)
> community/perl-crypt-smbhash 0.12-1
>       Perl/CPAN Module Crypt::SmbHash : Perl-only implementation of
> lanman and nt md4 hash functions, for use in Samba style smbpasswd
>       entries.
> community/smbnetfs 0.5.3a-2
>       small C program that mounts Microsoft network neighborhood in
> single directory.
> [root at pogo-pink ~]#
>
> Now, just pick the things you want and install them.
> [root at pogo-pink ~]# pacman -Sy samba smbclient smbnetfs
>
> 6. Other things:
>
> Development packages:
> # pacman -Sy base-devel devel
>
> # pacman -Sy rsync duplicity grsync librsync
>
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