Can't SSH into Pogoplug with or without thumb drive

[lukekarrys]

First let me say that I'm completely new to ALARM stuff.

I have a pink Pogoplug v2 with model number POGO-E02.

I followed the instructions here http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5/pogoplug-v2-pinkgray to install on a 16GB PNY thumb drive. Then I did some of the fun stuff here http://blog.qnology.com/2013/03/tutorial-pogoplug-e02-with-arch-linux.html (the extra arch linux instructions and samba for an external powered hard drive).

I was able to reboot a few times and everything worked.

A few days later I realized that it wasn't on my network and went to see what was up. There were definitely a few power outages at my house in between, so it could've succumbed to some cold boot problems.

The issue now is that when I boot with only the thumb drive, it never gets an IP address from DHCP. If I remove the thumb drive and try to `ssh root@IP` I get a password prompt but neither root or ceadmin work as a password.

I installed Arch Linux on another flash drive (SanDisk Cruzer Fit 8GB) from an Ubuntu virtual machine but I get the same problem with DHCP if I reboot the Pogoplug with that thumb drive as well.

I ran fsck on the thumb drive and it reports

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
root@ubuntu:/tmp# fsck /dev/sdb1
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
e2fsck 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
/dev/sdb1: clean, 27248/488640 files, 139770/1953920 blocks
')

I've read a bunch of other threads but they all assume that I can ssh into the Pogoplug with the thumb drive removed. Can anyone help me? Very possible that I'm doing something stupid. I'm really looking forward to playing with this thing, just need some help getting over some initial humps. Thanks!

[lukekarrys]

Yep, it's always after you post your first post to a forum that you realize you are being dumb.

The password was admin.

[moonman]

Force fsck with the -f switch. It may not know the filesystem is corrupt.

[lukekarrys]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'root@ubuntu:/tmp# fsck -f /dev/sdb1
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
e2fsck 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 3A: Optimizing directories
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information

/dev/sdb1: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/sdb1: 27248/488640 files (0.1% non-contiguous), 139792/1953920 blocks
')

That's what I get with fsck -f.

I tried booting the pogoplug again after that and same thing. It doesn't seem to request an IP address. I delete the DHCP lease and it requests one but only if I boot without the thumb drive.

Now that I can actually ssh into it without the thumb drive, what's the next thing I try or look at (logs, etc).?

[moonman]

I would get netconsole going to see what's going on at boot if you don't want to reinstall.

[fgina]

I'm so tired of this thing suddenly stops working. when I create a good known working state, I snapshot my usb key,using clonezilla. restore is far faster than reinstall/reconfigure while playing with it. just a tip to new alarm owners trying to explore features.