= Getting the plug booting Fedora 12 =#REDIRECT [[Amahi_Plug_Edition]]
Here are the steps to make the plug boot from USB
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* Connect the JTAG module and connect the USB side to a terminal emulator
* Connect the ethernet cable to your network
* Putty for windows (Serial)
* gtkterm for linux (use 2 stop bits!)
* Reset the device from the JTAG module
* At the terminal, press enter a couple of seconds after boot to prevent it booting to the flash
* There are some commands to make it permanently boot off USB ('''NOTE:''' this only has to be done once):
setenv mainlineLinux yes setenv arcNumber 2097 setenv bootargs_root 'root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=15' setenv bootcmd_usb 'usb start; ext2load usb 0Note:1 Most of this information is duplicated elsewhere. 0x6400000 /boot/uImage-2.6It needs to be verified and removed as necessary.30-sheevaplug' setenv bootcmd 'setenv bootargs $(console) $(bootargs_root); run bootcmd_usb; bootm 0x6400000' saveenv reset
* Perform USB Flash Drive Prep (see below)* Insert USB Flash Drive into the plug.* Once this is complete, the JTAG module can be disconnected. There will be no need See [[Amahi_Plug_Edition | Amahi_Plug_Edition]] for serial connection any longer. Once the USB Flash Drive is connected installation and the plug booted, you will be able to connect via SSHsupported devices.
= USB Flash Drive Prep =
* In order to install the rootfs onto a flash or disk, mount the flash drive on a linux system and execute the create-clean-f12-disk.sh script. It may take a while, but this must be done before booting up the plug and installing Amahi.
'''NOTE:''' This script is very dangerous (it can destroy the machine it is run on if not used properly). You will need to change the partition destination.= Misc Notes =
= Amahi Install = After booting from it, * Configure a profile for the system restarting rpm db in httpchrooted environment:{{Code|rm /var/www.amahi.org. Pay attention to the IP of the HDA you configure. Let's call it PLUG_FIXED_IP.lib/rpm/__db* Ensure you have done the USB Flash Drive Prep before continuing.* Boot the system with the latest rootfs (amahirpm --marvellrebuilddb -0.2.tar.bz2). * Until we optimize things, it will take 4 or 5 minutes to boot the first time.* The first time it boots, it will try to use DHCP. In my case, I configured a static IP so that when it boots with DHCP I know what IP it has. This may be different than the static you configured above.* Access the installer via http://IP_OR_NAME_OF_THE_PLUG_IN_DHCP:2000/* Wait patiently if it does not respond. This does require internet connectivity* The installer takes about 1 minute to install with that :)* Input the install code for that system* When asked to, click the big red button to reboot* The reboot will take a minute or two* Access it with the configured IP: http://IP_OR_NAME_OF_THE_PLUG/* First login: admin/amahi. I will ask you to reset the password the first timevv}}
With about 1<!--* May need to add the following line to /etc/8th of the rpms on a typical x86 install, resolv.conf if you will experience a lot of failures with apps (VPN does not work, apps will be missing deps, etchave DNS issues: nameserver 8. etc8.)8.8-->
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* 2 stop bits to get the bootloader to recognize keyboard and stop autobooting
* speed: 115200 /dev/ttyUSB1
* rubygem-gd2 - actually - is this one necessary?
* ruby-RMagick
Other:
* VPN does not work (had to turn it off in servers). This could be due to the kernel not having all that it needs for TUN/TAP?:
Cannot allocate TUN/TAP dev dynamically
* Greyhole not working - hda-greyhole needed
* crontab does not appear to be working
* had to add with noatime in / to prevent flash burnout
* should control monit - it keeps on pounding the flash with messages in /var/log/monit
* would like to add swap to flash based drives
* mt-daapd and amahi-transmission are dying
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* yum -y install httpd
* NOTE: it may be better to
* report bugs!-->
= Reporting issues =
These are mostly what matter for debugging:
* <code><small>/root/hda-install.log</small></code>
* <code><small>egrep -v 'POST|GET|progress' /tmp/amahi-ruby-install.log</small></code>
= Misc Notes =
* restarting rpm db in chrooted environment:
rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb -vv
