Pogoplug V4 - Optware and SAMBA on NAND (Internal Flash)

This is a quick publish tutorial on how to install Optware and SAMBA on the internal flash of the Pogoplug Mobile or Series 4.

The default Pogoplug OS on the Mobile and Series 4 is installed on a 112MB partition and have just enough space for installing Optware and SAMBA. Please only use this method if you're a advance user.

In general, I would recommend keeping things simple and installing Optware on the first partition of your USB Hard Drive: How to Install Optware and SAMBA on the Pogoplug

However, in certain cases it may be more advantages to install Optware directly on the internal flash of the Pogoplug.

A couple of good reason would be:

• Your hard drive already contain data and you cannot re-partition your USB Hard Drive
• You have multiple USB Hard Drive attached and having issue mounting /opt correctly.

Install Optware

#stop my.pogoplug.com service
killall hbwd

#remount root to be writable

mount -o remount,rw /

#create /opt folder
mkdir /opt

#download ipkg
cd /opt
wget http://download.qnology.com/pogoplug/optware/plug.tar.gz
tar -xzvf plug.tar.gz
rm plug.tar.gz

# Setup profile
cd /etc
wget http://download.qnology.com/pogoplug/optware/profile
chmod 755 profile
source /etc/profile

#update available packages
ipkg update


Install Samba

#Use /tmp as download location

#otherwise there will not be enough space

ipkg install samba36 libnsl nano -t /tmp

#download example smb.conf
cd /opt/etc/samba
wget http://download.qnology.com/pogoplug/optware/smb.conf


#The my.pogoplug.com Cloud Engine Service

#will automount attached USB drives to /tmp/.cemnt
#/tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda1/ == first drive, first partition

#/tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sda2/ == first drive, second partition

#/tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sdb1/ == second drive, first partition

#/tmp/.cemnt/mnt_mmcblk0p1/ == SD Card, first partition

#Edit smb.conf appropriately
nano /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf

#Start SAMBA
/opt/etc/init.d/S08samba start

You should now be able to access your Pogoplug's USB Hard Drive by \\IPAddress\root$ or \\IPAddress\usb.

Make sure everything works after a reboot

#backup original rcS startup file
#restore the rcS.original file to revert
cp /etc/init.d/rcS /etc/init.d/rcS.original

#start samba on reboot
echo "/opt/etc/init.d/S08samba start" >> /etc/init.d/rcS

reboot