Install Debian Linux on your Dockstar

This will install Debian Squeeze on a USB drive connected to your Dockstar. If you would prefer to install Debian Lenny, please see the old installation page. If you would like to install Debian to the internal NAND instead of a USB drive, please see this discussion on the forum.

Find your Pogoplug's IP address and connect via SSH:

username: root password: stxadmin

Partition your flash drive.

fdisk /dev/sda # Configure partion 1 as Linux (I'd recommend making this at least 512Mb. The default bare-bones installation uses 280Mb.) # Configure partion 2 as Linux Swap (I have no idea what a suitable value would be. I used 256MB.)

Download and run the debian install script:

cd /tmp wget http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/dockstar.debian-squeeze.sh chmod +x dockstar.debian-squeeze.sh export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin ./dockstar.debian-squeeze.sh

The script will take some time to download the debian images and extract them to your flash drive. The total install time will vary with the speed of your flash drive and your Internet connection. On my system, it takes about 20 minutes. Once it's finished, you have the option of rebooting into your new debian install.

The default root password in Debian is 'root'. After you've logged in, I'd recommend changing the root password and configuring /etc/apt/sources.list to point to something near you.

passwd vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Forum

For any questions and discussion of Debian on the Dockstar, please visit the forum.

Enjoy,

-- Jeff