The pdf readme from the devkit cd tells you that you can find the teraterm windows drivers in the. Mark gillespie has created scripts to build and install debian lenny and squeeze onto either the internal nand or sd card. Marvell printenv ethaddr ethaddryourmacaddress marvell. There are many different variants of plug computers so please check which models are supported by debian. On the other hand, new it, who sell the sheevaplug in the uk, offer complete debian images ready for download. Think about itan inexpensive linux pc crammed inside a wallwart plug. Download a distribution from the esia home page i choose debian, there are several other distros one the home page. I recently updated uboot on my sheevaplug to the latest uboot supplied in the debian repositories, and all boot options stopped working. Linux for marvell kirkwoodorion metapackage this package depends on the latest linux kernel and modules for use on marvell kirkwood based systems sheevaplug, qnap ts119ts219, etc and orion 5181, 5182 and 5281 based systems qnap ts109ts209, etc.
Im considering buying a sheevaplug and upgrading it with an 8 or 16 gig sd card. This method involves using the serial port, and we will be creating our own ubifs image and transferring it. Sheevaplug with debian wheezy our technical narrative. Freedombox, for secured, encrypted and fully decentralized networking based on debian. Silent umbrella installing debian squeeze on the sheevaplug. It supports downloading entire playlists and all videos from a given user.
Unlike the goflex net, the goflex home comes with a single sata connection used by either a 1, 2, or 3 tb hard drive that comes with the device. Luckily, its not that complicated to install a new kernel. By placing your order with globalscale technologies inc. Plug computers, like the sheevaplug and guruplug, are powerful and affordable devices that can be combined with debian to perform a variety of tasks, such as acting as a file or media server. The debian ubuntu release is designed for institutions such as schools and universities which typically require a high number of concurrent users. Follow the on screen instrutions to install debian, and let the installer download stuff. I would expect it to consume 5w from the mains when deployed this way, which would be significant saving from the 20w consumed by the current laptop when not on solar power, which is most.
Installing debian gnulinux on the sheevaplug ive ignored the factoryinstalled ubuntu distribution that is shipped on the onboard 512mb flash, and instead opted to install debian gnulinux 5. Since i wrote that, there are some new instructions. Its main features are the easytouse jtagserial port via miniusb, 512mb ram, and 512mb of internal storage space. Debian on plug computers sheevaplug, guruplug martin michlmayr. The model is the guruplug server, black case, two ethernet and two usb ports. This information was originally posted in our preconfigured debian sd cards thread, but the issue applies to many of the sheevaplug configurations that we sell, and belongs somewhere for all to see. Login as root with password nosoup4u yup that is the default password.
As a server another one, i am thinking that maybe the openpandora could be as well suited. For other os it should be possible, you just have to put openwrtkirkwooduimage and openwrtkirkwoodgenericjffs2nand2048128k. I have search and try around forum and to fix my issue but i havent found the goal. We can either connect through a network connection, assuming you have a dhcp server on your network and if youre at home with a wifi router, then you do and figure out your ip, or you have to connect with the provided serial cable. To use this, you will need a machine with an internet connection. Ubuntu server for arm includes everything you are looking for in a server operating system, including. The device has already been accredited as an nslu2 killer due to its low price and the discontinued status of the nslu2.
The sheevaplug contains a universal mains power supply ac 110240v, 5060hz, and indeed can plug straight into a wall socket as if a power adaptor. You can use the userfriendly debian installer to install debian. I am trying to get an nfs client running on a sheeva plug running debian 2. I just saw that martin already has updated his page so you can download an older working uboot from there thanks a lot, martin. When you get to the final screen finish the installation. In this howto im going to explain how to install debian wheezy on a sheevaplug sd i want to maintain my old squeeze on nand flash. So, youve got some kinda rs232 device and you want to log a bunch of data from it. I needed a small file server at home, focused on storage backups. The sheevaplug is a plug computer designed to allow standard computing features in as small a space as possible as one of the first such computers on the market, the device has a 1. Debian installer for plug computer martin michlmayr. To begin, grab an empty usb flash drive and reformat it as fat32, then download the debian installer images from here. The sheevaplug is one of the first plug computers to be available on the market.
Choose the mac address of your sheevaplug in the gui. Please refer to the explanation on how to find out your boot partition in case your device does not boot with 0. Is your device completely unresponsive and unusable. This debugging option is important in case something zheevaplug wrong with the jyag or operation of debian. Sep 07, 2010 after a bit of work, i got the sheeva plug working the way i wanted it to. Feb 24, 2009 marvell have been talking up their sheevaplug reference design, a wallwart power plug that actually hides an entire linux pc.
Martin michlmayr has a lot of resources on the sheevaplug, which ill use in the installation steps below. The specs on these babies say they have gpio lines, though there isnt much support or documentation for using them. The arm platform is exploding like a mad wet cat out of the bath. Linux has had arm support since forever, but its been bumpy. On the sheevaplug, install a tested and reliable sd. Sheevaplugs are low powered servers that either plug into the wall directly like a walwart style, or a standalone power cable, but theyre tiny and low power and cool. Freebsdarmv6 supports armv6 and armv7 processors, including smp on the latter. However, freebsdarm is being actively developed and maintained, is well supported, and provides an excellent framework for building armbased systems.
Maybe someone with more a clue than me wants to update the article accordingly. Its one of the easiest plugs to reflash and modify as well. This page describes how to install debian 10 buster on plug computers, such as the sheevaplug and guruplug. Its also a good idea to sign up with the linuxarm mailing list. This document explains how to use deboostrap foreign to build from scratch and install a minimal debian system on the sheevaplug but it is equally applicable to many other embedded systems. The advantage is that the openpandora has a little screen. Download the tarball, unpack on another computer, move the usb device back onto the plug, and connect the serial cable to enter the bootloader to reconfigure it. Debian on plug computers sheevaplug, guruplug martin. This is the last issue of distrowatch weekly in 2009. In practice, this means that although all the armel software in the debian 5.
By the way, sheeva uboot tools looks really useful for finding out about your uboot environment from within a running plug. First off change the password to something you like with the passwd command. Martin michlmayr explains here how to upgrade to debian 6 from scratch. Theres a guide on installing debian on the sheevaplug with debootstrap foreign, which i havent tried myself. Connect the device to your computer using the supplied usb cable.
The installation itself should be pretty standard and you can follow the installation guide. Download kernel and file system all the resources needed are on this website. Thanks for your tips, now i have a working debian buster on my sheevaplug. Depending on your internet connection, you may download either of the following. This guide covers how you can use openocd and an old version of sheevaplugs uboot in order to unbrick it. Something like this sheevaplug could open up a whole new framework of managing and sharing data that could be accessible to the masses. Download the first cd or dvd image file, write it using a cddvd recorder or a usb stick on i386 and amd64 ports, and then reboot from that. I have use debian 7 host for all my test, then the exemple is for gnulinux system. Debian has official support for the sheevaplug and other plug computers, such as the guruplug. The machine needs to be able to run a very low traffic tomcat and mysql server that will allow my professor to see my work with out needing to run a java app server of his own. All products on this website are supplied as development kits and so subject to change without notice. Apr 11, 2012 sheevaplug ubuntu install i have used the same info.
Will install binutils debootstrap wget once the script is done, install the sheevaplug installer. There is no showmount binary in the sheeva plug, so im trying to install it from the nfscommon package. The sheevaplug is the first plug computer released to developers and consumers. Go download a standard debian kernel, initrd and rootfs and proceed to the install from usb on a bricked plug section at the end of this article. How to install debian wheezy onto a sheevaplug and improve its performance by modifying a few settings. With an empty usb keydrive plugged into the sheeva. Depending on your configuration and device, you may have to specify a different boot partition. The installer knows about all supported plug computers and will create a bootable kernel and ramdisk at the end of the installation. Sheevaplug ubuntu install i have used the same info.
Install debian on bricked d2plug random access memory. Building and installing a new kernel for a sheevaplug. I solved the issue by having apt download the kernel sources, copying the standard kernel configuration from the boot directory, changing this troublesome option and recompiling the kernel. Unfortunately for you i have use a tftp server for inject both kernel and rootfs image on the sheevaplug nand. I installed my sheevaplug with debian on an sd card using the alternative debian install method. You can find information about the previous years on summerofcode2006, summerofcode2007 and summerofcode2008. It features a kirkwood series soc with an embedded marvell sheeva cpu core running at 1. From a security point of view, using ssh keys that already exist on a preconfigured plug is not a good idea. The sheevaplug is a development platform, targeted for use as a plug computer, and designed to run networkbased software services. There are hundreds of vendors of arm devices see tiny pluggable linux arm computers are redhot for a sampling, all shoving. Recently i covered how to upgrade uboot in your sheevaplug sbc, now its time to install the latest version of debian. This ensures youll start out with an uptodate root fs from the official repositories, but may need more hacking to get the sheevaplugspecific packages in place. The list is archived at the debian arm list archives.
May 16, 2009 sat, 16 may 2009 installing debian on the sheevaplug. The sheevaplug is a 5 watt full blown solid state linux box running at 1. To install debian on a machine without an internet connection, its possible to use cd images 650 mb each or dvd images 4. If your client machines bios supports it, you can then boot the debian installation system from the network using pxe and tftp, and proceed with installing the rest of debian from the network. Debian details of package linuximagemarvell in stretch. On setting up the sheevaplug linux embedded computer 2009. Debian user forums view topic sheevaplug as file server. Upgrading the sheevaplug to debian 6 squeeze unix etc. This little wall plug is actually a full computer with 1. The lxd container hypervisor, giving you instant access to isolated, secured. Marvell have been talking up their sheevaplug reference design, a wallwart power plug that actually hides an entire linux pc. If installation is successful, command node v should print v0.
Ssh into the plug, untar the archive into tmp not any faster. Jun 02, 2016 in addition you need to install some windowsdrivers which are available on the sheeva cd or can be. The goflex home is a device based on the marvell sheeva plug computer platform, and is the successor to the dockstar and sister device to the goflex net. Debian wheezy install on sheevaplug mmcsd in this howto im going to explain how to install debian wheezy on a sheevaplug sd i want to maintain my old squeeze on nand flash. Plug computers, like the sheevaplug and guruplug, are powerful and affordable devices that. Compared to previous release, this debian update adds improvements primarily for security issues as. I bought black esata sheevaplug and i have update kernel from 2. This is a guide to install debian lenny on a seagate dockstar. Building and installing a new kernel for a sheevaplug i have several hardwarecontrol projects that need a little more horsepower than an arduino. Sheevaplug jtag driver download if you have successfully added a serial console and can interact with uboot, follow the installation guide to install debian.
Sheeva with linux publishes kernels for the sheevaplug. Learn how and when to remove these template messages. Searching in my circuit warehouse i found my old sheevaplug and decided use it. A software development kit for the platform is also available. I didnt actually go further since the procedure above worked. Debian on plug computers sheevaplug, guruplug plug computers, like the sheevaplug and guruplug, are powerful and affordable devices that can be combined with debian to perform a variety of tasks, such as acting as a file or media server.
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