Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Getting Ready for PogoPlug
The FreeNAS was a failure. Not only could I not get it to work, but I also fried my Grub. Fortunately, I figured how to fix the Grub: http://stanlearnslinux.blogspot.com/2010/08/doing-grub-repair-from-live-ubuntu-cd.html
The Pogoplug should be here by Thursday.
Some link that will help me then:
Wiki page on NAS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage
Open Pogo on USB: http://www.pogoplugged.com/download/12124/Create-an-openpogo-base-system-on-a-USB-drive/
Pogo under Ubuntu 10.04: http://www.pogoplugged.com/article/13974/How-to-Install-Pogoplug-Drive-on-Ubuntu-10.04-Lucid-Lynx/
Pogo Drive LInux 32 beta: http://www.pogoplugged.com/download/11443/Pogoplug-Drive-for-Linux-32-bit-BETA/
Pogo downloads: http://www.pogoplugged.com/download/11443/Pogoplug-Drive-for-Linux-32-bit-BETA/
More on Open Pogo: http://www.pogoplugged.com/article/12101/How-to-Install-or-remove-OpenPogo-on-Your-Pogoplug-Attached-USB-Drive/
More OpenPogo: http://hackaday.com/2009/08/21/openpogo-an-alternative-to-pogoplug-software/
More OpenPogo: http://www.plugapps.com/index.php5?title=Developers:_Build_Kernel_Modules_for_Pogoplug
PubCompuger.org: http://www.plugcomputer.org/index.php/us/faq
The Pogoplug should be here by Thursday.
Some link that will help me then:
Wiki page on NAS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage
Open Pogo on USB: http://www.pogoplugged.com/download/12124/Create-an-openpogo-base-system-on-a-USB-drive/
Pogo under Ubuntu 10.04: http://www.pogoplugged.com/article/13974/How-to-Install-Pogoplug-Drive-on-Ubuntu-10.04-Lucid-Lynx/
Pogo Drive LInux 32 beta: http://www.pogoplugged.com/download/11443/Pogoplug-Drive-for-Linux-32-bit-BETA/
Pogo downloads: http://www.pogoplugged.com/download/11443/Pogoplug-Drive-for-Linux-32-bit-BETA/
More on Open Pogo: http://www.pogoplugged.com/article/12101/How-to-Install-or-remove-OpenPogo-on-Your-Pogoplug-Attached-USB-Drive/
More OpenPogo: http://hackaday.com/2009/08/21/openpogo-an-alternative-to-pogoplug-software/
More OpenPogo: http://www.plugapps.com/index.php5?title=Developers:_Build_Kernel_Modules_for_Pogoplug
PubCompuger.org: http://www.plugcomputer.org/index.php/us/faq
Trying to Create My Own NAS Device Using FreeNAS
First I went to the http://www.pogoplugged.com/ site. This is a wonderful company working in open source. They have a wonderful little device you can see here call the Pogoplug. It is a multimedia sharing device. I would love to buy one. At only $107 it is a real bargain. The link to buy it is here. Please buy, I want to see this company around for a long.
I would buy one from them myself. However, I really can't spare the hundred dollars right now, so I am going to try to create my own with an old machine. It will also be some good experience. This is the article I am following to install. I would like to also experiment with building USB drive.
It some time has gone by, than you can get to Linux driver by selecting the download tab and select Linux. That will get you to the down load for the Linux Pogoplug drive. It is cool. This thing is really a drive with a lot of features.
OK, I think this is a drive for connecting to a Pogo device, not for creating a Pogo device. I think I need to create the openpogo base system on a USB drive.
Where did I download the FreeNAS ISO to?
I would buy one from them myself. However, I really can't spare the hundred dollars right now, so I am going to try to create my own with an old machine. It will also be some good experience. This is the article I am following to install. I would like to also experiment with building USB drive.
How to Install Pogoplug Drive on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
It some time has gone by, than you can get to Linux driver by selecting the download tab and select Linux. That will get you to the down load for the Linux Pogoplug drive. It is cool. This thing is really a drive with a lot of features.
OK, I think this is a drive for connecting to a Pogo device, not for creating a Pogo device. I think I need to create the openpogo base system on a USB drive.
Create an openpogo base system on a USB drive 1.1
Where did I download the FreeNAS ISO to?
FreeNAS
Would love to buy the Pogplugged. But I can't really afford the extra $107 right now.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LnMgExJaL._SL210_.jpg
So I download the FreeNAS live CD.
Booted up my old portable from the CD.
Set the LAN IP address using option 2.
Connect from second machine using 'http://192.168.2.67:80'
Log in using 'admin/freenas'
Attached a windows USB drive.
How do I get FreeNAS to see it?
Took some looking before I realize that there is a green '+' to the right of the drive list. Selecting the '+' gave me the 'Disk|Add' window.
Change password to my favorite password.
Working from LiveCD so password is not saved.
The web interface is good if you have a single partition on a single drive, but that it not what I have.
trying by hand.
From the shell.
Using the following links for reference:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=9819
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/disks-adding.html
Trying to see what drive dmesg saw: less /var/run/dmesg?
md0 - I think this is the drive in memory for the liveCD
ad0 - this is the drive for the protable
acd0 - the DVD drive
PC BIOS partitions are called slices.
See what 'slices' are on the USB drive I am testing with.
On USB stick: (da0)
Mounted the slice for the stick.
# mkdir /mnt/st1
# mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/st1
#l ls /mnt/st1
Audio
It didn't show up in the WebGUI.
Unmount and used WebGUI.
Add drive than mount point.
I can see it from the shell now.
OK, how do i see it from another machine?
What to do from the WebGUI when you start:
Set the time. System -> General
Change the password. System -> Password
Add the disk. Disks -> Management
Set mount point. Disks ->Mount Point -> Management
Trying to connect. Looks like Samba is already running on the FreeNAS.
Look like Samba is installed on the connecting machine.
Following this link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605
Use command 'hostname' from command line to see host name.
Use "route -n" to find the gateway address: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-find-gateway-ip-address/
This seems to be a good tutorial: http://www.lagesse.org/freenas-tutorial-for-windows-users-part-two-configuration/
Going to have to reboot in windows and test from there. The test fails in Ubuntu.
http://www.pogoplugged.com/page/community-store
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LnMgExJaL._SL210_.jpg
So I download the FreeNAS live CD.
Booted up my old portable from the CD.
Set the LAN IP address using option 2.
Connect from second machine using 'http://192.168.2.67:80'
Log in using 'admin/freenas'
Attached a windows USB drive.
How do I get FreeNAS to see it?
Took some looking before I realize that there is a green '+' to the right of the drive list. Selecting the '+' gave me the 'Disk|Add' window.
Change password to my favorite password.
Working from LiveCD so password is not saved.
The web interface is good if you have a single partition on a single drive, but that it not what I have.
trying by hand.
From the shell.
Using the following links for reference:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=9819
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/disks-adding.html
Trying to see what drive dmesg saw: less /var/run/dmesg?
md0 - I think this is the drive in memory for the liveCD
ad0 - this is the drive for the protable
acd0 - the DVD drive
PC BIOS partitions are called slices.
See what 'slices' are on the USB drive I am testing with.
On USB stick: (da0)
- FAT 32 (shows as da0)
- NextStarNTFS57: 61 GB NTFS
- 6.2 GB FAT
- 50 GB Ext 3
- 2.2 GB logical partition
Mounted the slice for the stick.
# mkdir /mnt/st1
# mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/st1
#l ls /mnt/st1
Audio
It didn't show up in the WebGUI.
Unmount and used WebGUI.
Add drive than mount point.
I can see it from the shell now.
OK, how do i see it from another machine?
What to do from the WebGUI when you start:
Set the time. System -> General
Change the password. System -> Password
Add the disk. Disks -> Management
Set mount point. Disks ->Mount Point -> Management
Trying to connect. Looks like Samba is already running on the FreeNAS.
Look like Samba is installed on the connecting machine.
Following this link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605
Use command 'hostname' from command line to see host name.
Use "route -n" to find the gateway address: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-find-gateway-ip-address/
This seems to be a good tutorial: http://www.lagesse.org/freenas-tutorial-for-windows-users-part-two-configuration/
Going to have to reboot in windows and test from there. The test fails in Ubuntu.
http://www.pogoplugged.com/page/community-store
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