Amahi Plug Edition
Contents
Supported devices
- SheevaPlug
- GuruPlug
- Pogoplug
- DockStar
- Any other Plug Computer based on the Marvell Plug Computer
Requirements
You'll need:
- A storage device, of 2GB or more, that your plug computer can boot from.
- The latest Amahi rootfs from http://dl.amahi.org/marvell/ - look for the latest file named amahi-marvell-*.tar.bz2
- The script to copy the above rootfs into your storage device: http://dl.amahi.org/marvell/create-clean-f12-disk.sh
Known issues
For a list of working / not working apps for plug computers, see this page.
Quick Install
Step 1: Download and extract the Amahi rootfs image into an empty USB hard drive, USB flash drive, or SD card (depending on what your device supports), formatted as ext3.
Step 2: Boot your device using the drive or card you created in step 1.
Step 3: Install Amahi, by loading http://plug_ip:2000 and entering the install code you got when you created your Amahi profile.
Detailed Installation Instructions
Step 1: Prepare your boot device
Connect your boot device (USB hard drive, USB flash drive, or SD card) into a working Linux machine (you can use your plug computer!)
If needed, partition your device to create a partition you'll use to boot. No need to format it.
If a swap partition is desired (highly recommended for the PogoPlug & DockStar), create a second partition on your storage device, between 512MB and 2GB (depending on how big your storage device is), and format it as Linux Swap.
Example partitioning depending on your boot device type & size:
| 2GB Flash Drive or SD Card |
8GB Flash Drive or SD Card |
16GB Flash Drive or SD Card |
USB Hard Drive (40+ GB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2GB, unformatted | 512MB, Linux Swap 7.5GB, unformatted |
1GB, Linux Swap 15GB, unformatted |
2GB, Linux Swap The rest, unformatted |
Download the Amahi rootfs file and create-clean-f12-disk.sh script into your Linux machine. Don't store them on the storage device you want to use on your plug computer.
Edit the create-clean-f12-disk.sh script:
- Change the first line, the one that says partition="..." to point to the partition you want to use to boot your plug computer.
If you're not sure, ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/ and see if you can find it there. - Change the second line, if needed. It should contain the name of the Amahi rootfs file you downloaded. Example: rootfs="amahi-marvell-0.8.tar.bz2"
- Comment (add a # character at the beginning of) the two following lines, the ones that say echo "Please edit this script... and exit 0.
Big Warning! Putting the wrong partition in this script will completely erase that partition! Be careful what partition you target!
Run the create-clean-f12-disk.sh script: bash create-clean-f12-disk.sh
Step 2: Boot your plug
Boot the plug computer with your newly created drive/card attached. Give it a few minutes to boot, and it will be ready for the Amahi installation.
If you need help getting your plug computer to boot from USB or SD, instead of the on-board Flash memory, see our Marvell Plug Computer Booting page.
Step 3: Install Amahi
Note that for this step to work correctly, your plug computer needs to have access to Internet. Maybe you can just SSH into it, and ping www.amahi.org to make sure it works.
Find the plug computer IP address (check your DHCP server), and launch the Amahi installer by visiting http://plug_computer_ip:2000
(Use nmap or ping -b to find new devices on your LAN, if you can't find your plug computer IP address on your DHCP server.)
It will ask for an install code. That code can be obtained by creating an Amahi profile here: https://www.amahi.org/user (you'll need to create an account first, if you don't already have one).
Enjoy
Access your HDA by logging in at http://plug_computer_ip
Username: admin
Password: amahi
If all seems to work, you can now disable your old DHCP server, and let your plug computer act as your new DHCP server.
You'll need to renew the IP address of your client computers, once your old DHCP server is disabled.
You'll then be able to access the Amahi dashboard at http://hda, and your installed apps using http://app_name
If you created a swap partition while partitioning your storage device, you'll need to tell Amahi to use that partition for swap space. You'll need to change /dev/sda2 for the real path to your swap partition. SSH into your Amahi server, and execute the following:
mkswap /dev/sda2 echo "/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab swapon -a
