Reinstall archlinux on pogoplug pro

[tomster2300]

Hi all,

I currently have arch lnux installed on my pogo plug pro and would like to reinstall it, but wanted to make sure I went about it the right way. Should I re-follow the installation instructions found here - http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6 ... provideov3 - or is there another way to do it? If I refollow the instructions, what is the correct killall command to allow fdisk to work?

Thanks!

[WarheadsSE]

Scroll to the bottom of that page

Or, see the uninstall script

[tomster2300]

I'm going to sound stupid (and I guess I'm blind), but where is the uninstall script?

[tomster2300]

Is this it? http://archlinuxarm.org/os/oxnas/oxnas-revert.sh I understand this allows you to return to your pogoplug software, but I assume it also allows you to redo the installation instructions once returned.

[mysteri]

Sorry do you want to revert back to the pogoplug software or just re-install archlinux?

[tomster2300]

Reinstall Linux. I was searching on the forums and found the above script to revert back to the pogo plug software and thought that might be the only way to do it.

[WarheadsSE]

That's not the only way. There are instructions at the bottom of the installation directions on how to re-make the rootfs.

[fnu]

@all

If somebody does follow the guide at the button of the installation instructions, don't forget to copy all the stuff from NAND like the conversation script "oxnas-install.sh" it also does do, otherwise this might end with an endless blinking front LED:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '...
echo "# Coping key CE binaries..."
cp -ar /usr/local/cloudengines usr/local/
cp /usr/sbin/nandwrite usr/local/cloudengines/bin/
cp /usr/sbin/flash_erase usr/local/cloudengines/bin/
cp /usr/sbin/nanddump usr/local/cloudengines/bin/
...
')
This snippet is from the script, just to see what is copied.

Yours could look like:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '#\> sudo su -
#\> mkdir /tmp/ce
#\> mount -t ubifs ubi0:rootfs /tmp/ce
#\> cp -ar /tmp/ce/cloudengines /usr/local/
...')
Regards
fnu

[brianlee]

I've remade the rootfs on a 4GB USB drive by going into another Ubuntu box and extracting the contents of oxnas into it as sudo -s. I've created the MAC address file and it still won't boot. Am I missing anything? I can't SSH into the Pogo so I can't get anything out of the NAND.

Thanks

[doctorjb]

Could someone help out a Linux noob? I have a Pogoplug Pro and somehow managed to blow away udev, so I followed the instructions at the bottom of the install page to extract the root filesystem onto a clean USB stick and rebooted the Pogoplug. I can now SSH into the Pogoplug but the LED is flashing away. I would like to run the revert script to go back to start over again but when I run oxnas-revert.sh I get the message:
ABORTING!!! Cannot locate blparam
=================================
/usr/local/cloudengines/bin/blparam must exist
Where do I go from here?
Thanks in advance.