Pogoplug does not reboot!

[maxatmetrox]

Dear all,

I ran an installation of Archlinuxarm on my pogoplug v2.
Everything works fine during and after the installation.

Just after the installation I reboot through /sbin/reboot, and I can re-access and re-login to the device successfully.

Nevertheless, when I reboot again, it does not work anymore.

The only possible way is to re-install completely the system. I tried 3-4 times:
- Reboot directly after the previous reboot -> KO
- Update after first reboot then second reboot -> KO

I can see that my device is connecter in my router settings interface but I cannot access it nor ping it.

Does anybody has any idea?

Thanks,

Maxime

[sujit]

Hi
Even I am facing similar issue. Installation went fine and i even rebooted pogo plug after installation.
However, if there is any power outage, then the system never works again. I can see the orange light glow steady.
But, the device doesn't show up in my router.

I have ext3 filesystem and static ip is also configured. The storage is 500Gb and is USB powered.

Note
I did not face this issue when I was using a external power HDD. In which case, I start the HDD first and start the device after few seconds.

[moonman]

I have this as well. For some reason some hdds don't get recognised properly after reboot. My 2TB drive spins down automatically then spins back up but is not recognised and the systems goes into recovery mode (found out with a serial). Fortunately my main 2.5 hdd does not have this problem. I've removed my 2TB drive from fstab and just added automount to the system so it at least itboots up if hdd is not recognised.

[sujit]

I was able to get Arch Linux back up and running.
I followed the instruction from this thread
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4576&start=10

Thanks

[sujit]

Unfortunately problem is not yet resolved. There was a power outage and after that arch linux does load anymore. I get the orange light, but device doesn't seem to have an IP.
The router also doesn't show the device.

[moonman]

Netconsole log would be nice. Does it boot into arch and doesn't obtain an ip or it doesn't boot at all?

I would try this as well:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'systemctl disable netcfg
systemctl enable dhcpcd@eth0
reboot')

Do you have any secondary drives in fstab?

[sujit]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')etconsole log would be nice. Does it boot into arch and doesn't obtain an ip or it doesn't boot at all?

I would try this as well:

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systemctl disable netcfg
systemctl enable dhcpcd@eth0
reboot



Do you have any secondary drives in fstab?

[moonman]

I would check the boot partition for error by running e2fsck on a different linux machine. ext2 is prone for errors when it isn't unmounted cleanly (power outage)

[sujit]

I found a workaround to get arch started again after a power outage
1. Remove the HDD from Pogoplug
2. Start Pogoplug (it will boot into default OS)
3. Connect the HDD back to PogoPlug
4. Mount the HDD, sync and reboot
5. It will boot into arch just fine

What do you guys think is the problem? Why doesn't it work when the HDD is connected to PP at cold start

[rino]

I had that problem yesterday after I installed udevil automounter. I tired and tried, but it wouldn't let me connect to SSH. The orange light was steady.

Then I disconnected the HDD, and rebooted again, and it would let me connect just fine. After that I gave up on udevil. Re-installed ArchLinuxARM and used fstab instead of installing udevil. I believe there is a bug in udevil ... but I could be totally off in my observation as well