Amahi Plug Edition

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Supported devices

  • SheevaPlug
  • GuruPlug
  • Pogoplug
  • DockStar
  • Any other Plug Computer based on the Marvell Plug Computer

Requirements

You'll need:

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

Find the plug computer IP address (check your DHCP server), and launch the Amahi installer by visiting http://plug_computer_ip:2000

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).