Comments on: Guide: Setting Up Your Sheevaplug to be the Ultimate Low Power All-Purpose Server http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/ Technology. Travel. 100% Original Content Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:08:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Ian Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:04:12 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-624 Mine running debian also boots in about 18 seconds and reboots in 24 seconds, rather than 2+ minutes on ubuntu! Mine running debian also boots in about 18 seconds and reboots in 24 seconds, rather than 2+ minutes on ubuntu!

]]> By: Ian http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Ian Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:14:51 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-623 debian seems to be smaller footprint in flash memory, it is also more up to date with suport for the ARM processor. Ubuntu has stopped supporting the ARMv5 Commands in later versions of ubuntu so 9.04 will be the last version for the sheevaplug. I am running Debian Squeeze (6) on the sheevaplug, and there are discussions about getting Debian 7 on the plug! debian seems to be smaller footprint in flash memory, it is also more up to date with suport for the ARM processor.

Ubuntu has stopped supporting the ARMv5 Commands in later versions of ubuntu so 9.04 will be the last version for the sheevaplug.

I am running Debian Squeeze (6) on the sheevaplug, and there are discussions about getting Debian 7 on the plug!

]]> By: Paul http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Paul Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:13:42 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-601 What are the advantages of using Debian over Ubuntu for the Sheevaplug? What are the advantages of using Debian over Ubuntu for the Sheevaplug?

]]> By: gen_mach http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-514 gen_mach Fri, 14 May 2010 21:31:53 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-514 Interested in the reponse to Vincent's question about magicjack Vincent, have you research tonido plug? Interested in the reponse to Vincent’s question about magicjack

Vincent, have you research tonido plug?

]]> By: vincent http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-481 vincent Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:47:53 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-481 Just curious if the sheeva plug or any of these plug computers can run a vmware internally or wine so that i can use it as a magicjack portal all the time? or if i can install one of my copies of xp on it Just curious if the sheeva plug or any of these plug computers can run a vmware internally or wine so that i can use it as a magicjack portal all the time? or if i can install one of my copies of xp on it

]]> By: Dirk http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Dirk Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:34:22 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-445 Hello, thanks for your nice How-To. I just have two remarks to make life even more easier: When using a Ubuntu 9.04 as host you may get an error when runing the sheevaplug installer: "openocd/openocd: error while loading shared libraries: libftdi.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" Then you need to install libftdi1 (apt-get install libftdi1) and everythings works fine. And when updating the kernel there is an even easier way: On the page with all the kernels are installer scripts e.g. README-2.6.32.9 Just do the following on the plugs terminal(replace 2.6.32.9 with the version you want to install): wget http://sheeva.with-linux.com/sheeva/README-2.6.32.9 chmod +x README-2.6.32.9 ./README-2.6.32.9 --nandkernel Then reboot und check the version. Regards Hello,
thanks for your nice How-To. I just have two remarks to make life even more easier:
When using a Ubuntu 9.04 as host you may get an error when runing the sheevaplug installer: “openocd/openocd: error while loading shared libraries: libftdi.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory”
Then you need to install libftdi1 (apt-get install libftdi1) and everythings works fine.
And when updating the kernel there is an even easier way: On the page with all the kernels are installer scripts e.g. README-2.6.32.9
Just do the following on the plugs terminal(replace 2.6.32.9 with the version you want to install):
wget http://sheeva.with-linux.com/sheeva/README-2.6.32.9
chmod +x README-2.6.32.9
./README-2.6.32.9 –nandkernel
Then reboot und check the version.
Regards

]]> By: rafal http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-399 rafal Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:28:15 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-399 I find SheevaPlug very nice device, but I don't know if you already read the news about new device called Marvell Plug Computer 3.0 . As soon as they publish the price and all hardware info, I think I decide to buy the new one (more powerful) I find SheevaPlug very nice device, but I don’t know if you already read the news about new device called Marvell Plug Computer 3.0 . As soon as they publish the price and all hardware info, I think I decide to buy the new one (more powerful)

]]> By: mgillespie http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-385 mgillespie Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:05:48 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-385 Nice guide, my only comment would be to not use VMWare or Virtuabox on Windows, as the timing of the USB emulation means the SheevaInstaller rarely works and it causes many more problems that it solves. A far better bet for Windows users is to download the Ubuntu distro and do a WUBI install, it integrates a proper non-vm Ubuntu with the Windows bootloader, and there is no partitioning required (the Ubuntu partition lives as a single file on your Windows system). http://wubi-installer.org/ You don't need to do anything special for a Wubi install, download Ubuntu desktop ISO burn it to a CD, and put it into your Windows PC, it will offer up a Wubi install. Nice guide, my only comment would be to not use VMWare or Virtuabox on Windows, as the timing of the USB emulation means the SheevaInstaller rarely works and it causes many more problems that it solves. A far better bet for Windows users is to download the Ubuntu distro and do a WUBI install, it integrates a proper non-vm Ubuntu with the Windows bootloader, and there is no partitioning required (the Ubuntu partition lives as a single file on your Windows system).

http://wubi-installer.org/

You don’t need to do anything special for a Wubi install, download Ubuntu desktop ISO burn it to a CD, and put it into your Windows PC, it will offer up a Wubi install.

]]> By: Martin van Vliet http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Martin van Vliet Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:52:48 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-375 Hi Kevin, great project! I'm really interested to know how you got the Squeezebox Server running on the plug. I'm trying to get it to run on an NSLU2 and not having a lot of luck. The 32MB of RAM the NSLU2 has is simply not enough, wonder if you have any insight on this. Cheers, Martin Hi Kevin,

great project! I’m really interested to know how you got the Squeezebox Server running on the plug. I’m trying to get it to run on an NSLU2 and not having a lot of luck. The 32MB of RAM the NSLU2 has is simply not enough, wonder if you have any insight on this.

Cheers,
Martin

]]> By: optix http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/12/18/guide-setting-up-your-sheevaplug-to-be-the-ultimate-low-power-all-purpose-server/comment-page-1/#comment-371 optix Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:05:42 +0000 http://www.crazyhawt.com/?p=439#comment-371 I believe the right command in step 10. is "nandwrite -p /dev/mtd0 uImage", otherwise you might encounter an error while writing to flash :) Other than that, keep up the great work with very useful manuals. I believe the right command in step 10. is “nandwrite -p /dev/mtd0 uImage”, otherwise you might encounter an error while writing to flash :)

Other than that, keep up the great work with very useful manuals.

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