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Installing your HDA on an old MediaSmart server, previously used for Windows Home Server, will bring all the benefits of Amahi to the small device. This is only recommended for users who are comfortable with the terminal, or are willing to set up a headless server with VNC.
The steps for this tutorial are from [http://dagolav.prestegarden.com/installing-ubuntu-on-the-hp-mediasmart-ex490/ here]. To continue you will require:
- An HP MediaSmart server
- An extra PC
- A spare hard drive
- An existing network
- An SSH solution, like [Key-based SSH Logins With Putty|Putty]
- Ubuntu 12.04, the server version
==Starting From Scratch==
===Installing Ubuntu===
1. Connect the hard drive into the spare PC.
2. Install Ubuntu 12.04, the server version. I was not able to get the GUI version of Ubuntu working on the MediaSmart server. The GUI version is also not recommended since there is no VGA or DVI ports for a monitor, only USB.
3. Do NOT install Amahi yet.
4. Install an ssh server:
{{Code|sudo apt-get install openssh-server}}
5. Verify that the SSH is working by connecting with [Key-based SSH Logins With Putty|Putty]. If the SSH is not enabled, enable it:
{{Code|sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults}}
6. Change the interfaces file to reflect eth1, not eth0:
{{Code|sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces}}
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
7. Save using ctrl+x, and hitting "y" to confirm
8. Note the hardware address of the network card:
{{Code|ifconfig}}
9. Shutdown the PC:
{{Code|sudo shutdown now -h}}
===Installing Amahi===
1. Move the hard drive to the MediaSmart server, turn on the server.
2. Check your router for the server's IP address, use [Key-based SSH Logins With Putty|Putty] to SSH into that IP address.
3. [http://docs.amahi.org/ubuntu-12.html Install Amahi]
===Modifying Ubuntu for Amahi===
1. After rebooting and SSHing into the server, [Binding Network Devices|change the network card to eth0] from our previous eth1. After opening the 70-persistent-net.rules file below, look for the PC network card hardware address and delete that whole line. Change the remaining hardware address to come up as eth0 (it is currently eth1 at the end of the line).
{{Code|sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1d:60:b5:43:66", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="5c:d9:98:af:21:43", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth1"
So above, we would delete the first line and change "eth1" to "eth0" on the second line. The reason is that Amahi is configured by default to recognize eth0, so all apps would go to that. However our eth0 was taken by the host-PC's network card. Again, ctrl+x and y to save.
12. Change all eth1's to eth0's in the interfaces file. Ctrl+x and y to save.
{{Code|sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces}}
13. Finally, reboot your HDA:
{{Code|sudo reboot now -h}}
You should now be able to access your HDA as a share and as the http://hda link. You can [Install VNC server on Ubuntu Server 12.04|install a VNC server] to connect to the HDA using a graphical interface.
The steps for this tutorial are from [http://dagolav.prestegarden.com/installing-ubuntu-on-the-hp-mediasmart-ex490/ here]. To continue you will require:
- An HP MediaSmart server
- An extra PC
- A spare hard drive
- An existing network
- An SSH solution, like [Key-based SSH Logins With Putty|Putty]
- Ubuntu 12.04, the server version
==Starting From Scratch==
===Installing Ubuntu===
1. Connect the hard drive into the spare PC.
2. Install Ubuntu 12.04, the server version. I was not able to get the GUI version of Ubuntu working on the MediaSmart server. The GUI version is also not recommended since there is no VGA or DVI ports for a monitor, only USB.
3. Do NOT install Amahi yet.
4. Install an ssh server:
{{Code|sudo apt-get install openssh-server}}
5. Verify that the SSH is working by connecting with [Key-based SSH Logins With Putty|Putty]. If the SSH is not enabled, enable it:
{{Code|sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults}}
6. Change the interfaces file to reflect eth1, not eth0:
{{Code|sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces}}
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
7. Save using ctrl+x, and hitting "y" to confirm
8. Note the hardware address of the network card:
{{Code|ifconfig}}
9. Shutdown the PC:
{{Code|sudo shutdown now -h}}
===Installing Amahi===
1. Move the hard drive to the MediaSmart server, turn on the server.
2. Check your router for the server's IP address, use [Key-based SSH Logins With Putty|Putty] to SSH into that IP address.
3. [http://docs.amahi.org/ubuntu-12.html Install Amahi]
===Modifying Ubuntu for Amahi===
1. After rebooting and SSHing into the server, [Binding Network Devices|change the network card to eth0] from our previous eth1. After opening the 70-persistent-net.rules file below, look for the PC network card hardware address and delete that whole line. Change the remaining hardware address to come up as eth0 (it is currently eth1 at the end of the line).
{{Code|sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules}}
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1d:60:b5:43:66", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="5c:d9:98:af:21:43", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth1"
So above, we would delete the first line and change "eth1" to "eth0" on the second line. The reason is that Amahi is configured by default to recognize eth0, so all apps would go to that. However our eth0 was taken by the host-PC's network card. Again, ctrl+x and y to save.
12. Change all eth1's to eth0's in the interfaces file. Ctrl+x and y to save.
{{Code|sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces}}
13. Finally, reboot your HDA:
{{Code|sudo reboot now -h}}
You should now be able to access your HDA as a share and as the http://hda link. You can [Install VNC server on Ubuntu Server 12.04|install a VNC server] to connect to the HDA using a graphical interface.
