The Good The GoFlex Home Network Storage System is a good performing, simple NAS server that is compatible with Seagate's GoFlex Desk external hard drives. It supports Macs and PCs and works as a. Make sure you use hyphens between the 4-digit blocks of the product key and underscores everywhere else. YOURIPADDRESS is the IP address of your GoFlex Home on your LAN, something like 192.168.0.6 or 10.0.0.6 depending on your router. Make sure the Connection Type radio button is set to SSH and the Port number should default to 22.
- These instructions will void your warranty. While every precaution is taken to ensure nothing bad happens, all actions are at your own risk.
- my.pogoplug.com, the mobile applications, and the desktop Pogoplug connector will no longer work.
- Make sure to back up any data on the drive you plan to install on. Formatting the drive will delete any data on the drive.
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- With only the drive you intend to install Arch Linux ARM to plugged in (all data will be erased), switch on the power.
- Set up a user in the device's web interface. If needed, perform a full reset by holding the reset button for at least 10 seconds.
- With the device on and online, SSH in to the GoFlex Home.
- Take note of the IP address associated with the device.
- Take note of the product key located on the bottom of the unit, it will be in the format XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX.
- Replacing USERNAME with the user you have set up in the Home's web interface, and using that user's password, SSH in:
- Gain root access:
- Stop multiple daemons so they don't interfere with the install process (you can copy/paste):
- Turn off swap:
- Unmount the SATA drive so it can be formatted:
- Verify the drive is no longer mounted by looking for /dev/sda1 in the mount list:
- Start fdisk to partition the SATA drive:
- At the fdisk prompt, delete old partitions and create a new one:
- Type o. This will clear out any partitions on the drive.
- Type p to list partitions. There should be no partitions left.
- Now type n, then p for primary, 1 for the first partition on the drive, and then press ENTER, to accept the default value for the beginning of the partition and +20G for the next prompt.
- Create a partition for the remainder of the drive. Type n, then p for primary, 2 for the second partition on the drive, and then press ENTER to accept the rest of the default values.
- Exit by typing w.
- Create the ext3 filesystem:
- Download and install Arch Linux ARM:
- Download the U-Boot installer
- Run the installer to download and flash U-Boot:
- If successful, reboot:
- The GoFlex Home will now reboot into Arch Linux ARM.
- Login as the default user alarm with the password alarm.
- The default root password is root.
- Initialize the pacman keyring and populate the Arch Linux ARM package signing keys: