Help getting Pink Pogoplug running NAS -- AGAIN!

[Hypnosis4U2NV]

After some research I discovered that the command 'df' will list the devices connected via USB to the Pogoplug and give their paths.. So I went back to the smb.conf to see what was going on and obviously the path to the drive was incorrect.. After changing the path to what 'df' showed it to be, I was able to access the files on the USB stick that I connected it to..

How can I change the name of the ip from alarm to something I want? ex. root@alarm to root@pogonas

[pepedog]

Edit /etc/rc.conf and reboot

Webmin is a good tool
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webmin

[Hypnosis4U2NV]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pepedog', 'E')dit /etc/rc.conf and reboot

Webmin is a good tool
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Webmin

[Hypnosis4U2NV]

I have another issue I need help with.. I unplugged the power off the Pogoplug and moved it but it does not want to load the Archlinux OS at boot after I reapplied power.. Anyway to start the service? It works if i /sbin/reboot

[pepedog]

What other usb drives are plugged in? Try with just OS drive

[Hypnosis4U2NV]

Everything was disconnected except for the USB drive with the OS attached to the front of the Pogoplug..

I finally have the Pogoplug sharing two external hard drives via SAMBA.. I can connect and access them through Windows, but I just tried with the WDTV and it fails to connect.. I went through the menu to Network Shares, clicked on Pogoplug and it returned an error that it can not connect..

The name that shows up on the WDTV is POGOPLUG.. But I set the IP name to 'PogoPlug NAS' and the server string and netbios name to 'PogoPlug NAS' also.. Could that be it?

UPDATE: I updated the smb.conf and rc.conf and removed the spaces in the name 'PogoPlug NAS' to 'PogoPlugNAS'.. This time the WDTV was able to connect to it but I am unable to stream the movies.. They stay stuck on playing..

UPDATE2: On a hunch, I figured the share names would work if they didn't have any spaces in them and reduced to 12 characters.. So I edited the smb.conf file to reflect that and....THEY WORK!

Awesome! Thanks for the help guys!

[Hypnosis4U2NV]

Came home one day Samba was down.. Tried rebooting and I couldn't get into Archlinux from the USB stick.. I reinstalled everything on another drive and plugged my drives in, everything works. I reboot the Pogoplug with the drives attached and it just hangs, but before initially attaching the drives from a fresh install it boots into Archlinux with no problem.. Ive gone through this process over 10 times trying different tweaks, I cant get it to boot with my external drives attached..

Its driving me insane!

I had this running fine for about two months but came home to find the SAMBA server and Pogoplug unresponsive. I rebooted the Pogoplug and it would not boot into Archlinux. Disconnected all the drives except for the boot USB drive and still no go. Took that out and I was able to SSH into the Pogoplug. I figured I would try a complete and fresh reinstall of the system to correct the issue but even that has me starting from square one every single time. Here are the steps that I used to install Archlinux and Samba:

Step 1:

I follow the instructions at http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5/pogoplug-v2-pinkgray?quicktabs_platform_tabs=1#quicktabs-platform_tabs and install uboot and Archlinux.

Step 2:

After rebooting into Archlinux I perform a "pacman -Syu" and update all the files except the two kernel26 files.
I modify "/etc/rc.conf" to reflect a new hostname "PogoplugNAS" then REBOOT "/sbin/reboot".

Step 3:

Once booted up, I attach 2 external hard drives to the Pogoplug and mount them one at a time. Hard drive 1 path "/etc/sdb1" labeled "Maxtor" mounted to the directory '/media/Maxtor' and "/etc/sdc1" labeled "Elements" mounted to the directory '/media/Elements'. Once verfied as mounted, I then edited '/etc/fstab' as follows:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')LABEL=Maxtor /media/Maxtor ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=Elements /media/Elements ext3 defaults 1 2

[FullHD]

In step 5, you should try to reboot before installing udev-automount. If that works and you install udev-automount and the pogoplug then fails to boot into Archlinux, then you know the cause of your problem. Next step is then to figure out why this happens and how to work around it. But first things first.

[Hypnosis4U2NV]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FullHD', 'I')n step 5, you should try to reboot before installing udev-automount. If that works and you install udev-automount and the pogoplug then fails to boot into Archlinux, then you know the cause of your problem. Next step is then to figure out why this happens and how to work around it. But first things first.