Developers, Linux-lovers, and hackers...this post is for you.
Plugbox Linux is based on Arch Linux, meaning the entire ABS, AUR, and other PKGBUILD resources are at your disposal. Take a look at our developer section and we guarantee you'll be making your own packages in 10 minutes, even if you have never made a package in your life for any computer.
We even have some open development projects going on, namely CUPS and shared printers for the Pogoplug. Developers, help us out!
http://plugapps.com/index.php5?title=Portal:Development
Categories: Other Pogoplug Enabled Devices PogoPlug Development
Plugbox Linux is announcing the launch of its Pogoplug port, enabling thousands of packages to be installed on your Pogoplug (v1 "brick", v2 "Pink" and even the Seagate DockStar!).
Here's how to get it: http://plugapps.com/index.php5?title=PlugApps_for_Pogoplug_Install_to_USB
You will need:
- Pogoplug device
- 512MB (preferably larger) USB stick
The instructions are on the wiki guide above.
This WILL NOT alter the Pogoplug's existing firmware at all (except for adding an "if we find PlugApps, use it" statement to the boot commands). The entire Plugbox Linux install and all PlugApps you install are on the USB stick.
So, if something doesn't work, just unplug your Pogoplug, take out the USB stick, and restart into the original Pogoplug firmware.
You even get to keep OpenPogo when you boot without the USB stick! You just need to "mount /dev/mtdblock3 /opt" on Pogoplug's firmware to get back into OpenPogo.
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February 17, 2010 8:09 PM
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February 17, 2010 8:14 PM
Now, for contact information and all. Here are ways to get in touch, in order of preference (in case you have questions). Developers, note the IRC room! There's always a few members in there that know the ins-and-outs of Plugbox Linux.
IRC chat room: #plugapps on irc.freenode.net
Dedicated PlugApps forums: http://plugapps.com/forum/index.php
Contact email: contact@plugapps.com
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February 17, 2010 8:24 PM
Here's what happens to OpenPogo...we'll be moving relevant information to PlugApps.com and the forums, and will keep the repository open for a while (a year or so, until 2011?) the website will have a notice that PlugApps has been released, but allowing users to enter the OpenPogo wiki.
If you're wondering if your package will work as a PlugApp...check the main page of http://plugapps.com for a comparison list of PlugApps vs. OpenPogo. Looking at the numbers, we already have 1700 packages, whereas OpenPogo had about 1000 which were over 2 years old. PlugApps are being constantly updated to latest versions out.
Sorry for this many posts, but I wanted to organize everything nicely.
If you have any installation questions, try to connect to IRC for live help first or if you'd like, reply here. Enjoy, and keep on hacking that Pogoplug until it's really open. ;)
February 18, 2010 8:42 PM
Hi Crimsonredmk:
Nice work! Looks like a lot of additional capability in there!
I installed it but I see some strange behavior in the Pogoplug web interface afterward. The new file system USB drive shows up and is viewable, however a second drive with the title "NO NAME" is in the library listing that reports this error:
You have attached a hard drive that your Pogoplug enabled device does not support. Please click here to contact customer support.
I'm not sure what this is?
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February 19, 2010 12:48 PM
What filesystem does the drive use? We forgot to include NTFS out-of-the-box and are going to be releasing a new image this weekend with some fixes. It should have worked, but I guess it might not.
To install NTFS...
pacman -Syfu
pacman -S ntfs-3g
Restart the 'plug and try again...
For more information (the instructions are identical on Plugbox: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS_Write_Support
February 22, 2010 8:39 PM
This only shows up in the Pogoplug web interface, along with the ext2 formatted USB drive for PlugLinux and my ext3 storage drive.
It's somehow related to the fact that the PlugApps /dev/sda1 is being doubly-mounted by PlugApps and the Pogoplug binaries:
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/root /old_root jffs2 ro 0 0
none /old_root/proc proc rw 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext2 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0
none /tmp tmpfs rw 0 0
/tmp/.cemnt/sda1 /tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1 ext2 rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime 0 0
/tmp/.cemnt/sdb1 /tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sdb1 ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,data=ordered 0 0
[root@Pogoplug ~]#
February 24, 2010 12:05 PM
This sounds great. I've been following you on Twitter. I am glad you went with a start up process that keeps the Pogoplug's original software away from changes made. Wise decision!!
Currently I am just watching and waiting for it to be sturdy enough for me. I plan on installing it sometime, I just don't have the time to tinker with it right now.
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There is an update to the Plugbox image installed on the Pogoplug. You can run the installer now and update manually, or wait a few days for an updated image with more fixes.
There is one minor inconvenience at the moment: Guides. Only a few exist, such as Samba. The application install guides are up on http://plugapps.com/index.php5?title=Applications:PlugApps I encourage you to look around the new website (http://plugapps.com) If you want to, you can write a guide for us to be featured on the site. Make sure to give credit to yourself! We need guides!