Not bricked but no SSH on PPPro

[NEODan]

I can't SSH in after the second reboot as it's no longer appearing on the LAN, I scanned. The box boots to the solid green status LED, plenty of activity on the USB stick LED too. Looking back, the 512meg thumb drive is not enough aparrently...
Installing Ubuntu on fusion to have a look at the USB stick as I type this.
TIA for any advice you may have for me.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
Dans-MacBook-Pro-2:~ dan$ ssh root@192.168.0.114
root@192.168.0.114's password:
~ # killall hbwd
~ # /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes
17 heads, 59 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1003 * 512 = 513536 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 ? 775809 1913904 570754815+ 72 Unknown
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(775808, 8, 13)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(1913903, 14, 4)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda2 ? 168185 2098423 968014120 65 Unknown
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(168184, 16, 27)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(2098422, 8, 24)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda3 ? 1864289 3794527 968014096 79 Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(1864288, 10, 12)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(3794526, 1, 20)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/sda4 ? 1 3626348 1818613248 d Unknown
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(0, 0, 1)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(3626347, 7, 42)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Command (m for help): o
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that the previous content
won't be recoverable.


Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes
17 heads, 59 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1003 * 512 = 513536 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-1020, default 1): Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-1020, default 1020): Using default value 1020

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 524 MB, 524288000 bytes
17 heads, 59 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1003 * 512 = 513536 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1020 511500+ 83 Linux

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table
~ # sync
~ # cd /tmp
/tmp # wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/pogoplug/mke2fs
Connecting to archlinuxarm.org (50.116.36.110:80)
Connecting to us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org (69.55.55.2:80)
/tmp # chmod 755 mke2fs
/tmp # ./mke2fs -j /dev/sda1
mke2fs 1.41.9 (22-Aug-2009)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
128016 inodes, 511500 blocks
25575 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
Maximum filesystem blocks=67633152
63 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2032 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
8193, 24577, 40961, 57345, 73729, 204801, 221185, 401409

Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 27 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
/tmp # cd /tmp
/tmp # wget http://archlinuxarm.org/os/oxnas/oxnas-install.sh
Connecting to archlinuxarm.org (50.116.36.110:80)
Connecting to us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org (69.55.55.2:80)
/tmp # chmod 755 oxnas-install.sh
/tmp # ./oxnas-install.sh
#############################
##
## Pogoplug OXNAS based boards
## Arch Linux ARM rootfs Installer
##
#############################
##
## For use with OXNAS 7820 only.
##
#############################
## PREPARATION
# Switching to /tmp...
# Ensuring we're ready to proceed...
killall: hbwd: no process killed
umount: can't umount /dev/sda1: Invalid argument
# Preparing our way...
# Getting uboot parameters...
# = MAC : 00:25:31:01:9F:D3
# = load_nand : nboot 60500000 0 200000
# = bootargs : root=ubi0:rootfs ubi.mtd=2,512 rootfstype=ubifs console=ttyS0,115200 elevator=cfq mac_adr=0x00,0x30,0xe0,0x00,0x00,0x01 mem=128M poweroutage=yes
# = board : PPRO1
#
# Checking board revision...
# board has PCI: 1
#
# Deriving boot partition format...
# = PARTITION: /dev/sda1
# = FMT : ext3
#
#############################
## RETRIEVING FILES
# Downloading ArchLinuxARM-oxnas-rootfs...(approx. 138MB)
Connecting to archlinuxarm.org (50.116.36.110:80)
Connecting to us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org (69.55.55.2:80)
Connecting to archlinuxarm.org (50.116.36.110:80)
Connecting to us.mirror.archlinuxarm.org (69.55.55.2:80)
# Verifying MD5
# Extracting
tar: write error: No space left on device
# Recording MAC Address
# Coping key CE binaries...
cp: can't create directory 'usr/local/cloudengines': No space left on device
cp: can't create 'usr/local/cloudengines/bin/': Path does not exist
cp: can't create 'usr/local/cloudengines/bin/': Path does not exist
cp: can't stat '/usr/sbin/nanddump': No such file or directory
# Done copying.
#############################
## FLASHING NAND & UBOOT VARS
# backing up mtd1
./oxnas-install.sh: line 213: /usr/sbin/nanddump: not found
# Erasing mtd1 @ 0x500000 for 17 erase blocks (kernel location)
Erase Total 17 Units
Performing Flash Erase of length 131072 at offset 0x700000 done
# Erasing mtd1 @ 0xB00000 for 17 erase blocks (2nd kernel location)
Erase Total 17 Units
Performing Flash Erase of length 131072 at offset 0xd00000 done
# Flashing Kernel...
# - @ 0x500000
Writing data to block 40 at offset 0x500000
Writing data to block 41 at offset 0x520000
Writing data to block 42 at offset 0x540000
Writing data to block 43 at offset 0x560000
Writing data to block 44 at offset 0x580000
Writing data to block 45 at offset 0x5a0000
Writing data to block 46 at offset 0x5c0000
Writing data to block 47 at offset 0x5e0000
Writing data to block 48 at offset 0x600000
Writing data to block 49 at offset 0x620000
Writing data to block 50 at offset 0x640000
Writing data to block 51 at offset 0x660000
Writing data to block 52 at offset 0x680000
Writing data to block 53 at offset 0x6a0000
Writing data to block 54 at offset 0x6c0000
Writing data to block 55 at offset 0x6e0000
Writing data to block 56 at offset 0x700000
Writing data to block 57 at offset 0x720000
# - @ 0xB00000
Writing data to block 88 at offset 0xb00000
Writing data to block 89 at offset 0xb20000
Writing data to block 90 at offset 0xb40000
Writing data to block 91 at offset 0xb60000
Writing data to block 92 at offset 0xb80000
Writing data to block 93 at offset 0xba0000
Writing data to block 94 at offset 0xbc0000
Writing data to block 95 at offset 0xbe0000
Writing data to block 96 at offset 0xc00000
Writing data to block 97 at offset 0xc20000
Writing data to block 98 at offset 0xc40000
Writing data to block 99 at offset 0xc60000
Writing data to block 100 at offset 0xc80000
Writing data to block 101 at offset 0xca0000
Writing data to block 102 at offset 0xcc0000
Writing data to block 103 at offset 0xce0000
Writing data to block 104 at offset 0xd00000
Writing data to block 105 at offset 0xd20000
# Done Flashing Kernel

# NEW uBoot Parameters
# = bootargs_usb : root=/dev/sda1 ubi.mtd=2,512 rootfstype=ext3 console=ttyS0,115200 elevator=cfq mac_adr=0x00,0x30,0xe0,0x00,0x00,0x01 mem=128M poweroutage=yes rootwait
# = load_custom_nand : nboot 60500000 0 500000
# = rootfs : /dev/sda1
# = root fs type : ext3
#
# Setting up uboot parameters
#
# Checking uboot parameters...
# = bootargs_stock : root=ubi0:rootfs ubi.mtd=2,512 rootfstype=ubifs console=ttyS0,115200 elevator=cfq mac_adr=0x00,0x30,0xe0,0x00,0x00,0x01 mem=128M poweroutage=yes
# = bootargs : root=/dev/sda1 ubi.mtd=2,512 rootfstype=ext3 console=ttyS0,115200 elevator=cfq mac_adr=0x00,0x30,0xe0,0x00,0x00,0x01 mem=128M poweroutage=yes rootwait
# = load_custom_nand : nboot 60500000 0 500000
# = boot_custom : run load_custom_nand boot || run load_custom_nand2 boot
#############################
## Looks good!
# Sync ...
# Unmount
# Reboot to enter into Arch Linux ARM
/tmp # /sbin/reboot
Connection to 192.168.0.114 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.0.114 closed.
Dans-MacBook-Pro-2:~ dan$ ssh root@192.168.0.114
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
74:ba:8d:19:21:06:0d:1b:1e:03:a0:62:9b:a2:fa:b3.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /Users/dan/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Offending key in /Users/dan/.ssh/known_hosts:2
RSA host key for 192.168.0.114 has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.
Dans-MacBook-Pro-2:~ dan$ rm /users/dan/.ssh/known_hosts
Dans-MacBook-Pro-2:~ dan$ ssh root@192.168.0.114
The authenticity of host '192.168.0.114 (192.168.0.114)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 74:ba:8d:19:21:06:0d:1b:1e:03:a0:62:9b:a2:fa:b3.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? y
Please type 'yes' or 'no': yes
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.0.114' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
root@192.168.0.114's password:
Last login: Thu Jun 14 18:55:42 2012 from sss7
[root@alarm ~]# pacman -sy udev-automount
error: invalid option
[root@alarm ~]# pacman -Sy udev-automount
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Failed writing body (0 != 1282)
error: failed to update core (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Failed writing body (0 != 1281)
error: failed to update extra (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Failed writing body (0 != 1281)
error: failed to update community (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'alarm.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Failed writing body (0 != 1283)
error: failed to update alarm (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'aur.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Failed writing body (0 != 1282)
error: failed to update aur (download library error)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
error: failed to init transaction (download library error)
[root@alarm ~]# depmod -a
ERROR: Could not create index 'modules.dep'. Output is truncated: No space left on device
[root@alarm ~]# /sbin/reboot

Broadcast message from root@alarm (pts/0) (Sun Nov 25 11:33:06 2012):

The system is going down for reboot NOW!
[root@alarm ~]# Connection to 192.168.0.114 closed by remote host.
Connection to 192.168.0.114 closed.')

[karog]

512 MB is too small. You need at least 1 GB. Lots of messages in your output about no more space.

Also, label the partition rootfs with
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
mke2fs -j -L rootfs /dev/sda1')

[NEODan]

Thanks for that, any idea what I can do to recover SSH? If I boot with the 512 stick it will make it to a solid green light -but no SSH. And if I use a larger unprepared flash drive I end up at an intermittent flashing LED- and still no SSH.

[NEODan]

Using Ubuntu - Looking in the USB thumb drive, the root folder is empty... Where do I go from here to restore the pogoplug, or can I start again with a bigger drive?

[WarheadsSE]

Just extract the rootfs to the thumb drive, as root (or sudo su).

[NEODan]

If it was in the tar, I'll need a fresh one?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'tar: Skipping to next header

gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now')

[NEODan]

Found it:
http://archlinuxarm.org/developers/downloads

[NEODan]

IT LIVES! Sort of

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[root@alarm ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 38.0 KiB 415K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
extra 431.0 KiB 1012K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
community 430.1 KiB 1293K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
alarm 5.1 KiB 6.11M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
aur 11.4 KiB 4.64M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
:: The following packages should be upgraded first :
pacman
:: Do you want to cancel the current operation
:: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] Y

resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (1): pacman-4.0.3-5

Total Download Size: 1.00 MiB
Total Installed Size: 3.37 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: -0.02 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
pacman-4.0.3-5-arm 1023.8 KiB 1163K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [######################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading pacman [######################] 100%
>>> Run `pacman-key --init` to set up your pacman keyring.
[root@alarm ~]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 38.0 KiB 282K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
extra 431.0 KiB 941K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
community 430.1 KiB 1061K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
alarm 5.1 KiB 6.45M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
aur 11.4 KiB 4.65M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace libsystemd with core/systemd? [Y/n] Y
:: Replace systemd-tools with core/systemd? [Y/n] Y
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (72): bash-4.2.039-1 binutils-2.23-1 ca-certificates-20121105-1
coreutils-8.20-1 cracklib-2.8.19-1 cronie-1.4.9-1
cryptsetup-1.5.1-1 curl-7.28.1-1 dbus-core-1.6.8-1
device-mapper-2.02.98-1 dhcpcd-5.6.3-2 e2fsprogs-1.42.6-1
filesystem-2012.10-2 fuse-2.9.2-1 gcc-libs-4.7.2-2
glib2-2.34.2-1 glibc-2.16.0-5 grep-2.14-1 hwids-20121022-1
iana-etc-2.30-3 inetutils-1.9.1-4 initscripts-2012.10.1-1
iproute2-3.6.0-2 iptables-1.4.16.2-1 iputils-20121114-1
kmod-11-2 krb5-1.10.3-1 ldns-1.6.16-1 less-451-1
libarchive-3.0.4-2 libedit-20120601_3.0-1 libgssglue-0.4-1
libldap-2.4.33-1 libpipeline-1.2.2-1 libsystemd-186-2 [removal]
libtirpc-0.2.2-4 libusbx-1.0.14-1 linux-3.1.10-14
linux-api-headers-3.6.3-1 logrotate-3.8.2-2 lvm2-2.02.98-1
lzo2-2.06-1 man-db-2.6.3-1 man-pages-3.44-1 mdadm-3.2.6-1
mkinitcpio-0.11.2-1 mkinitcpio-busybox-1.20.2-1
mtd-utils-1.5.0-1 net-tools-1.60.20120804git-2
nss-myhostname-0.3-3 ntfs-3g-2012.1.15-4 openntpd-3.9p1-21
openssh-6.1p1-4 pacman-mirrorlist-20120916-1 pam-1.1.6-1
perl-5.16.2-1 pinentry-0.8.2-1 ppp-2.4.5-5 procps-ng-3.3.5-1
run-parts-4.3.4-1 shadow-4.1.5.1-2 syslog-ng-3.3.6-3
systemd-195-2 systemd-tools-186-2 [removal] sysvinit-2.88-9
sysvinit-tools-2.88-9 tzdata-2012j-1 udev-automount-1.0-3
util-linux-2.22.1-3 vi-1:050325-3 wget-1.14-2
wpa_supplicant-1.0-2

Total Download Size: 60.53 MiB
Total Installed Size: 249.48 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 10.32 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
linux-api-headers-3... 595.8 KiB 978K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
tzdata-2012j-1-any 141.4 KiB 1658K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
glibc-2.16.0-5-arm 7.3 MiB 1901K/s 00:04 [######################] 100%
bash-4.2.039-1-arm 732.1 KiB 838K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
binutils-2.23-1-arm 3.2 MiB 1807K/s 00:02 [######################] 100%
run-parts-4.3.4-1-arm 18.7 KiB 1456K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
cracklib-2.8.19-1-arm 237.7 KiB 1711K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
libgssglue-0.4-1-arm 24.8 KiB 203K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
libtirpc-0.2.2-4-arm 152.9 KiB 625K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
pam-1.1.6-1-arm 610.5 KiB 1181K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
coreutils-8.20-1-arm 1976.3 KiB 2.02M/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
ca-certificates-201... 134.6 KiB 290K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
cronie-1.4.9-1-arm 53.5 KiB 817K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
shadow-4.1.5.1-2-arm 1003.7 KiB 1299K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
util-linux-2.22.1-3-arm 1492.5 KiB 1517K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
iana-etc-2.30-3-any 320.4 KiB 1825K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
nss-myhostname-0.3-... 6.9 KiB 1948K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
filesystem-2012.10-... 5.9 KiB 155K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
dbus-core-1.6.8-1-arm 354.1 KiB 846K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
glib2-2.34.2-1-arm 1735.1 KiB 1638K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
kmod-11-2-arm 85.1 KiB 896K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
hwids-20121022-1-any 278.0 KiB 1322K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
systemd-195-2-arm 1148.2 KiB 610K/s 00:02 [######################] 100%
device-mapper-2.02.... 150.4 KiB 1521K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
cryptsetup-1.5.1-1-arm 150.7 KiB 1101K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
curl-7.28.1-1-arm 501.3 KiB 1706K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
dhcpcd-5.6.3-2-arm 69.2 KiB 1599K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
e2fsprogs-1.42.6-1-arm 659.4 KiB 1887K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
gcc-libs-4.7.2-2-arm 531.3 KiB 2.19M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
grep-2.14-1-arm 176.1 KiB 1557K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
inetutils-1.9.1-4-arm 213.2 KiB 1824K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
iptables-1.4.16.2-1-arm 217.5 KiB 2.20M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
iproute2-3.6.0-2-arm 389.4 KiB 2.01M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
sysvinit-tools-2.88... 24.0 KiB 3.98M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
iputils-20121114-1-arm 63.8 KiB 413K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
libldap-2.4.33-1-arm 317.3 KiB 944K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
krb5-1.10.3-1-arm 929.0 KiB 588K/s 00:02 [######################] 100%
ldns-1.6.16-1-arm 371.7 KiB 1402K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
less-451-1-arm 78.3 KiB 1391K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
libarchive-3.0.4-2-arm 461.9 KiB 1740K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
libedit-20120601_3.... 71.9 KiB 442K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
libpipeline-1.2.2-1-arm 28.2 KiB 739K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
libusbx-1.0.14-1-arm 35.8 KiB 752K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
mkinitcpio-busybox-... 144.9 KiB 972K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
mkinitcpio-0.11.2-1-any 28.7 KiB 4.28M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
linux-3.1.10-14-arm 13.4 MiB 1969K/s 00:07 [######################] 100%
logrotate-3.8.2-2-arm 26.5 KiB 3.66M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
lvm2-2.02.98-1-arm 583.3 KiB 2.50M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
man-db-2.6.3-1-arm 325.4 KiB 854K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
man-pages-3.44-1-any 4.4 MiB 2.38M/s 00:02 [######################] 100%
mdadm-3.2.6-1-arm 252.1 KiB 672K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
lzo2-2.06-1-arm 67.0 KiB 402K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
net-tools-1.60.2012... 101.5 KiB 697K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
openssh-6.1p1-4-arm 457.1 KiB 1294K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
pacman-mirrorlist-2... 768.0 B 3.54M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
perl-5.16.2-1-arm 11.8 MiB 1793K/s 00:07 [######################] 100%
pinentry-0.8.2-1-arm 83.1 KiB 676K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
ppp-2.4.5-5-arm 239.4 KiB 1072K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
procps-ng-3.3.5-1-arm 201.8 KiB 738K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
sysvinit-2.88-9-arm 39.4 KiB 4.19M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
vi-1:050325-3-arm 123.2 KiB 1451K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
wpa_supplicant-1.0-... 348.3 KiB 1961K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
fuse-2.9.2-1-arm 120.3 KiB 1543K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
initscripts-2012.10... 22.8 KiB 193K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
ntfs-3g-2012.1.15-4-arm 245.9 KiB 863K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
syslog-ng-3.3.6-3-arm 297.7 KiB 1507K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
wget-1.14-2-arm 432.3 KiB 913K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from community...
openntpd-3.9p1-21-arm 21.2 KiB 512K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from alarm...
udev-automount-1.0-... 1112.0 B 5.30M/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from aur...
mtd-utils-1.5.0-1-arm 155.5 KiB 593K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
(70/70) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(70/70) loading package files [######################] 100%
(70/70) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
glibc: /lib exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root@alarm ~]## depmod -a
WARNING: could not open /usr/lib/modules/2.6.31.6_SMP_820/modules.builtin: No such file or directory
[root@alarm ~]# pacman -Syu --ignore glibc
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
alarm is up to date
aur is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: glibc: ignoring package upgrade (2.16.0-1 => 2.16.0-5)
:: Replace libsystemd with core/systemd? [Y/n]
:: Replace systemd-tools with core/systemd? [Y/n]
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (70): bash-4.2.039-1 binutils-2.23-1 ca-certificates-20121105-1
coreutils-8.20-1 cracklib-2.8.19-1 cronie-1.4.9-1
cryptsetup-1.5.1-1 curl-7.28.1-1 dbus-core-1.6.8-1
device-mapper-2.02.98-1 dhcpcd-5.6.3-2 e2fsprogs-1.42.6-1
filesystem-2012.10-2 fuse-2.9.2-1 gcc-libs-4.7.2-2
glib2-2.34.2-1 grep-2.14-1 hwids-20121022-1 iana-etc-2.30-3
inetutils-1.9.1-4 initscripts-2012.10.1-1 iproute2-3.6.0-2
iptables-1.4.16.2-1 iputils-20121114-1 kmod-11-2 krb5-1.10.3-1
ldns-1.6.16-1 less-451-1 libarchive-3.0.4-2
libedit-20120601_3.0-1 libgssglue-0.4-1 libldap-2.4.33-1
libpipeline-1.2.2-1 libsystemd-186-2 [removal] libtirpc-0.2.2-4
libusbx-1.0.14-1 linux-3.1.10-14 linux-api-headers-3.6.3-1
logrotate-3.8.2-2 lvm2-2.02.98-1 lzo2-2.06-1 man-db-2.6.3-1
man-pages-3.44-1 mdadm-3.2.6-1 mkinitcpio-0.11.2-1
mkinitcpio-busybox-1.20.2-1 mtd-utils-1.5.0-1
net-tools-1.60.20120804git-2 nss-myhostname-0.3-3
ntfs-3g-2012.1.15-4 openntpd-3.9p1-21 openssh-6.1p1-4
pacman-mirrorlist-20120916-1 pam-1.1.6-1 perl-5.16.2-1
pinentry-0.8.2-1 ppp-2.4.5-5 procps-ng-3.3.5-1
run-parts-4.3.4-1 shadow-4.1.5.1-2 syslog-ng-3.3.6-3
systemd-195-2 systemd-tools-186-2 [removal] sysvinit-2.88-9
sysvinit-tools-2.88-9 tzdata-2012j-1 util-linux-2.22.1-3
vi-1:050325-3 wget-1.14-2 wpa_supplicant-1.0-2

Total Installed Size: 216.23 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 10.75 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(68/68) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(68/68) loading package files [######################] 100%
(68/68) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
(70/70) checking available disk space [######################] 100%
(1/2) removing libsystemd [######################] 100%
(2/2) removing systemd-tools [######################] 100%
( 1/68) upgrading bash [######################] 100%
( 2/68) upgrading binutils [######################] 100%
( 3/68) upgrading run-parts [######################] 100%
( 4/68) upgrading cracklib [######################] 100%
( 5/68) upgrading libgssglue [######################] 100%
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/rpc_com.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/rpc.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/raw.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/pmap_rmt.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/pmap_prot.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/pmap_clnt.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/nettype.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/des_crypt.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/des.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/clnt_stat.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/clnt_soc.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/clnt.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/auth_unix.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/auth_kerb.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/auth_gss.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/auth_des.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/rpc/auth.h (Read-only file system)
error: cannot remove /usr/include/tirpc/netconfig.h (Read-only file system)
error: could not remove database entry libtirpc-0.2.2-2
error: could not create directory /var/lib/pacman/local/libtirpc-0.2.2-4/: Read-only file system
error: could not commit transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (transaction aborted)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
warning: could not remove lock file /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
[root@alarm ~]#

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What a PITA.
Am I doing something wrong here? Thanks so much for the help.

[WarheadsSE]

dont upgrage pacman first, ignore glibc, then install it. There are some steps that may also need take, but they are documented *many* times.

[NEODan]

I was working from this page: http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/pogoplug-provideov3
Even as a beginner to command line Linux, I see now that this page needs some attention to successfully get the system setup to the end point indicated.
For me as a beginner the problem is not knowing the suitability of the possible solutions found on these forums. Some edits to the install guide by someone who knows their $hit would be great. Thanks.