Need Help Getting Started (Pogoplug v2)

[and1or2]

As a casual Ubuntu user for the last five years or so, I figured picking this device up and getting it up and working wouldn't be so bad, but I'm running into more obstacles than I thought.

Here is what I aim to do with my Pogoplug (E02):

1. Connect a 3 TB Seagate drive (ext4) with various files to the Pogoplug
2. Access the drive via Samba and stream files via MiniDLNA and/or MyMedia (for Roku compatibility)

Here is what I have done so far:

1. Installed ALARM with the help of a 1 GB flash drive and updated packages (pacman -Syu)
2. Installed samba and avahi (pacman -Sy samba avahi)
3. Tried to enable automounting
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -Sy udevil
systemctl enable devmon@root
systemctl start devmon@root')

So far only the first of the above steps has gone smoothly. After installing samba, I attempted to follow a tutorial (http://web.archive.org/web/20120527205109/http://archlinuxarm.org/support/guides/applications/samba) that suggested running
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'adduser pcguest')
but I received the following message:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '-bash: adduser: command not found')

Since I couldn't do much without the drive mounted anyway, I moved on to the next step. It didn't take long to identify my drive using
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'blkid -o list -c /dev/null')
but could only get the response
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first')
when trying to mount with either the UUID or device name (sdb1, in this case).

I'm mostly concerned about fiddling with these things with my 3 TB drive attached, which has plenty of files that I would hate to lose. Any suggestions that would help me along with this process would be greatly appreciated.

[moonman]

The command is useradd and not adduser, also you can run samba as root which is not recommended for security reason, but is a lot easier for novice users to get started (especially if you are not worried of somebody hacking your pogoplug). The guide has been deleted from this website and is obviously not up to date. It was suggested to copy the config file for easier installation from the guide, but do still read the official one: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samba

Did you reboot after update? If not, do so now.

[and1or2]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'T')he command is useradd and not adduser, also you can run samba as root which is not recommended for security reason, but is a lot easier for novice users to get started (especially if you are not worried of somebody hacking your pogoplug). The guide has been deleted from this website and is obviously not up to date. It was suggested to copy the config file for easier installation from the guide, but do still read the official one: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samba

Did you reboot after update? If not, do so now.

[moonman]

udev-automount doesn't work with ntfs, but what you had posted above does work.

I would need to see your /etc/samba/smb.conf and output of mount

[Socaltom]

I use webmin to add users and setup samba. Its made things a lot easier .
Tom

[and1or2]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Socaltom', 'I') use webmin to add users and setup samba. Its made things a lot easier .
Tom

[moonman]

Try this instead:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', ' [Seagate]
path = /media/seagate
read only = no
public = yes
writable = yes
force user = root')

[and1or2]

I still don't see it pop up automatically under network devices, but I connected to it directly via Nautilus and that works for me. Thanks for the suggestions.

I have two more questions at the moment:

1. I'd like to change from my 1GB flash drive to something bigger so that I can install additional packages that I don't have room for currently. Can I just copy over the contents to a new flash drive, edit some config files, and boot as usual or is the process more complex?

2. My main storage drive is formatted to NTFS because that's how it came, but I'm only reaching write speeds of 1.8 Mb/s. Are there any reliable ways to speed up this rate or should I look into changing the format? I don't have any need for using the drive with Windows systems.

[moonman]

1. There are 2 ways:
(a) format the new drive as ext3 and cp -a <source> <destination>
(b) dd if=<source> of=<destination> and then do a resise2fs

2. I would really really recommend using ext3/4 not inly will you speed up the transfers, you will also avoid a lot of problems people were having with samba/ntfs combination


To get the drives to show up, make sure nmbd service is running "systemctl enable/start nmbd". If it isn't working still, then make pogoplug your wins server by adding "wins support = yes" under global in smb.conf and entering the IP of the pogoplug under WINS Server in your router.

[etan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', ' ')also you can run samba as root which is not recommended for security reason