#REDIRECT [[Amahi_Plug_Edition]]
'''Note: Most of this information is duplicated elsewhere. It needs to be verified and removed as necessary.'''
See [[Amahi_Plug_Edition | Amahi_Plug_Edition]] for installation and supported devices.
= Misc Notes =
* restarting rpm db in chrooted environment:
{{Code|rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb -vv}}
<!--* May need to add the following line to /etc/resolv.conf if you have DNS issues:
nameserver 8.8.8.8-->
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* 2 stop bits to get the bootloader to recognize keyboard and stop autobooting
* speed: 115200 /dev/ttyUSB1
* 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
= Getting the plug booting Fedora 12 =
Here are the steps to make the plug boot from USB
* General [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/SheevaplugUSB directions]
* get the rootfs-f12.tar.bz2 from
http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/fedora/rootfs/
* Connect the JTAG module and connect the USB side to a terminal emulator
* 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:
setenv mainlineLinux yes
setenv arcNumber 2097
setenv bootargs_root 'root=/dev/sda1 rootdelay=15'
setenv bootcmd_usb 'usb start; ext2load usb 0:1 0x6400000 /boot/uImage-2.6.30-sheevaplug'
setenv bootcmd 'setenv bootargs $(console) $(bootargs_root); run bootcmd_usb; bootm 0x6400000'
saveenv
reset
= Amahi Install =
After booting from it,
* Configure a profile for the system in http://www.amahi.org. Pay attention to the IP of the HDA you configure. Let's call it PLUG_FIXED_IP.
* Boot the system with the latest rootfs (amahi-marvell-0.2.tar.bz2). You can use the create-clean-f12-disk.sh script to put that file system
* 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 time
With about 1/8th of the rpms on a typical x86 install, you will experience a lot of failures with apps (VPN does not work, apps will be missing deps, etc. etc.). In order to install the rootfs onto a flash or disk, this script needs to be used: create-clean-f12-disk.sh 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. <!-- * ssh into the plug
* yum -y install httpd
* input the install code and install!
* 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
