My issue is how do I change the boot loader and get it to boot of an external drive without SSH access to the device....
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bruce turrie
bturrie
Oct 1, 2012 9:01 pm
I've thought I'd lost ssh access to my pogoplug/dockstar a couple of times. In one case it turned out that DHCP had changed my dockstar's  ip address, and...
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oddballhero
Oct 2, 2012 12:00 am
I was actually just trying to explain the difference between the pogoplug and the slug(NSLU2) and options....
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oddballhero
Oct 2, 2012 12:13 am
I actually meant to open up a trouble ticket since the rep is the one who could do the backdoor stuff (they can after all update software without you knowing...
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oddballhero
Oct 2, 2012 12:17 am
I believe the series4 requires soldering in terminals/pins since they were not included. Easy enough if you know how to solder. The solder holes, I believe...
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krymium
Oct 2, 2012 5:49 am
I actually should have mentioned I did open a support ticket and I agree with you that they have to have this capability but what i got from them was: "We can...
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krymium
Oct 2, 2012 5:49 am
Yeah in my case I do hit SSH but the login fails - coz it cant spawn the shell I am guessing. I had the passwd file point to bash on the optware USB drive....
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krymium
Oct 2, 2012 5:49 am
Yeah its been a while since I have soldered anything and am just worried I will completely brick it so holding it as the last option. Was really hoping there...
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oddballhero
Oct 2, 2012 6:34 am
I thought SSH with password was a core function, I guess their service is turning KWRAPi (Kinda Wanna Really Aska Proctologist instead). Wonder if their...
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oddballhero
Oct 2, 2012 6:40 am
I guess you didn't put the mount the optware USB drive command on the startup script yet....
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oddballhero
Oct 2, 2012 6:49 am
Root file system is on onboard flash so that would require some excellent solder fu. If you do try the solder method, just get a 15w iron with a fine tip....
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krymium
Oct 2, 2012 3:41 pm
It does seem to support scp but I am hitting the same error message....
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krymium
Oct 2, 2012 3:41 pm
To be honest I thought I did - but I guess apparently not. It probably is not in the right order....
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krymium
Oct 2, 2012 3:42 pm
The more I think about this the more I am sure I actually did modify my rcS file to mount /opt. The only thing I can think off is the device name changed...
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Anthony Takata
htwiz2005
Oct 2, 2012 3:42 pm
Yeah, as was stated above, might try scp. It doesn't require a shell afaik, although it might be disabled by default... ... [Non-text portions of this message...
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oddballhero
Oct 2, 2012 6:44 pm
If there is only one drive attached, it always comes up as SDA1. It is only when there is more than one drive that the device name can change. Also, when...
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oddballhero
Oct 2, 2012 7:02 pm
Especially since it is a modified version of dropbear by cloudengines that allows them some backdoor access, so that they can perform upgrades and modify the...
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krymium
Oct 3, 2012 1:46 am
Yeah unfortunately scp fails with the same error message. It looks like it does spawn a shell unless there is some switch i can pass to tell it not too....
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akop1987
Oct 7, 2012 9:57 pm
What kind of modding are you talking about... I installed optware on my pogoplug series 4 I dont know about the pro but i think its supposed to be similar to...
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dhval1983
Oct 19, 2012 4:25 am
My 2 cents, if you can try to disable/enable ssh access 7 then change password. You can do this through my.pogoplug.com in security settings....
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m1complex
Oct 20, 2012 3:12 pm
I modified oddballhero's mount_optext2 script to work better with my Series 4 Pogoplug. My version will search all linux (ext?) formatted drives for the...
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Gregg Levine
hansolofalco...
Oct 22, 2012 9:12 pm
... Hello! Great idea. I have here one of the earlier ones, its black but the mechanism is similar to the Pink series of devices. So I'll visit the file...
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Ron Guerin
ron@...
Oct 26, 2012 9:52 pm
I'm writing some scripts I plan to release and it would be helpful to know when I'm running on a device with Optware as opposed to a conventional server or...
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oddballhero
Oct 27, 2012 10:13 am
Well, they're usually smaller.........
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oddballhero
Oct 27, 2012 10:15 am
They have a bunch of stuff under /opt ..........
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oddballhero
Oct 27, 2012 10:17 am
You can type ipkg and it will like it ................
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Anthony Takata
htwiz2005
Oct 27, 2012 10:51 pm
Going out on a limb, but looking for the /opt directory is typically a good way, or doing a "which ipkg" and see if it exists. ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Ron Guerin
ron@...
Oct 27, 2012 10:52 pm
... What is? The physical size of the unit? ;) ... So do lots of systems that aren't running Optware. ... I was thinking of testing for the existence of...
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Ron Guerin
ron@...
Oct 28, 2012 3:29 pm
... /opt is on everything[*]. That would only be useful as a test to see if you were running on a Unix, Linux or BSD system of some sort. That could be...
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oddballhero
Oct 29, 2012 4:35 am
You need to ask Brian Zhou or some of the other powers that be what ipkg and Optware's future will be. Optware seems to have spread, and people are still...
