Backup and LED Problems, also some minor things

[hilikustue]

Hi there,

I actually did it.

I have my Pogoplug Pro now up and running Archlinux. The samba server is doing what I want it to do and even sabnzbd is up and running.
I have had massive problems in the beginning and had to reinstall Archlinux 3 times because of what I wrote in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1688
I think the problem was my AC Plug Adapter (I am in Germany and have a UK Plug). Since I have the new adapter, I didn't have those problems.

However with the third installation now the Pogo is flashing its green LED and it just won't stop. I mean this rapid LED Flashing. I read the threads here regarding the LED but I couldn't find an answer on how to make the LED stop flashing (when the Pogo is up and running) and just make it shine green like it used to.

Before I would do this I would also like to make a backup of my Pogo on one of the two attached USB HDDs. How can I do that and just in case: How do I restore the Backup?

When I reboot my Plug, how do I make sure that sda is still the USB Flash Drive and not one of the HDDs and it will boot properly?

And my final question for now: In the guide it says that you shouldn't make a swapfile on a USB Flash Drive because it could wear out quickly. What does "quickly" in this case actually mean? I bought a new 8 GB Patriot USB Stick with 25 MB/s write performance just to install Archlinux on it and I hoped I could pack the 4 GB Swapfile (I also read that sabnzbd usually works much better if the swapfile is bigger than 1 GB on a system with not so much memory) on that stick too so that the HDDs would spin down automatically if the Pogo is idle.

I hope you guys can help me and thank you very much for this awesome Archlinux on Pogo project.

[WarheadsSE]

There are threads about mounting the factory rootfs and copying the necessary bits, search for usr/local/cloudengines, and that will fix your LED issue.

As for the swap file, quickly as in I killed a PNY in about a month.

[kmihelich]

You are also going to get extremely poor performance swapping to flash drives. Which then will translate to your whole system grinding to a halt because it's trying to swap.

[hilikustue]

Ok thank you. Then I will leave the swap image where it is.

I searched the forum and found these two threads here viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1156&p=7636&hilit=usr%2Flocal%2Fcloudengines#p7636 and here viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1156&p=7636&hilit=usr%2Flocal%2Fcloudengines#p7636 and they are about the flashing LED. Unfortunately I think I need more guidance here.
What exactly should I copy to where? Do I have to prepare something before? Unmount a Volume? Reboot afterwards and so on. Maybe if one of you has the time to explain the procedure in detail....

The question still remains: How do I make a backup of my Flash Drive and how do I restore it just in Case.

Also how do I know which drive will be recognized as sda, sdb and so on? Is there an order of the USB Ports?

[WarheadsSE]

For the LED, see here:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1625&p=9778#p9778

[slycat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('hilikustue', 'T')he question still remains: How do I make a backup of my Flash Drive and how do I restore it just in Case.

[hilikustue]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'F')or the LED, see here:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1625&p=9778#p9778

[WarheadsSE]

Basically, at some point, it wasn't paying attention to that file (where set-oxnas-mac is called from DAEMONS) and it used it's defaulted one.

[hilikustue]

Ok, but you don't think it is related to the LED issue?

Edit: And more iportant: What should I do now?

[hilikustue]

Hi there,

I hate to double post but I am still stuck on the LED issue.
So if anybody could help me and explain, a bit step step wise, what to do, it would be highly apprecciated.

Thanks