
Connect your Dockstar or Pogoplug to your gateway router with an ethernet cable and power up the device.Ģ.

Be sure to return it to 192.168.1.1 when you're done installing the Recovery System.ġ. If your gateway IP differs from this, you can change the PirateBox's nameserver address by navigating to the /etc/nf file and updating the address. By default, the PirateBox's nameserver address is 192.168.1.1 which matches the default IP address for DD-WRT. Note: Before proceeding, you may need to change your PirateBox's nameserver address to match the IP address of your gateway router (the router you use to connect to the Internet). This replaces the original Pogoplug kernel on mtd1 and the Pogoplug system on mtd2 with a more sophisticated system. Once you have your PirateBox up and running, you may wish to add Jeff Doozan's Recovery system to your plug device. Start testing! Recovery System (Optional) Note: If you would like to use your PirateBox with a non DD-WRT router, see this section on the wiki for instructions.Ĩ. Connect USB Drive to the back port of the Dockstar (beside the ethernet port) and connect the Dockstart to your DD-WRT router - see the DIY Tutorial on the wiki for more info. Unmount USB Drive using your file manager - Important: allow the system to "write" any extra data to the drive first before unplugging (be patient!)ħ. Navigate to piratebox directory and add the following five files to the piratebox directory: cd /media/share/pirateboxwget wget wget wget wget wget Ħ. Exit super user and create "piratebox" directory on the /media/share (FAT32) partition: exitmkdir /media/share/pirateboxĥ. Now uncompress the file into the ext2 partition on the USB drive: tar xvpfz piratebox_0. -strip-components 1 -C /media/pirateboxĤ.
#Dockstar ebay download#
Open a terminal on your computer and download and extract the PirateBox image into the piratebox (ext2) partition on your freshly formatted USB drive: sudo suwget -no-check-certificate ģ. Note: After you finish formatting, mount the partitions by unplugging the USB Drive and plugging it back in to your computer.Ģ. Note: If you are using an Ubuntu Live CD, GParted comes pre-installed (System > Admin > GParted).Ĭreate the following three partitions: ext2 (500MB) (label: piratebox)swap (256MB) (no label)FAT32 (big as you like) (label: share)
#Dockstar ebay install#
On Ubuntu, you can install with: sudo apt-get install gparted Once Jeff's script has successfully completed, you can unplug the Dockstar from power and begin the installation instructions below. Install the unlocked uBoot using Jeff Doozan's script: cd /tmpwget chmod +x install_uboot_mtd0.sh./install_uboot_mtd0.sh
#Dockstar ebay password#
Open a terminal (Ubuntu users: Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and SSH into your plug computer: ssh default password is: stxadmin (ceadmin for Pogoplugs)ģ. 192.168.1.1) with a web browser to determine the IP address your router has assigned the Dockstar.Ģ. Visit your router's main administration page (e.g. Connect your Dockstar or Pogoplug device to your gateway router with an ethernet cable and plug it in. See my Debian on the Seagate Dockstar wiki page for more info.


This method takes a little longer but will also install the unlocked uBoot boot loader on your device. This step only takes a couple of minutes - see instructions below.Īs an alternative, you may instead use Jeff Doozan's script to install Debian on a USB drive connected to the Dockstar or Pogoplug v2 (gray/pink). Jeff Doozan has created an easy to use script for this.
#Dockstar ebay update#
If you are you using a brand new Dockstar or Pogoplug device, you must first update the locked uBoot boot loader with a new ulocked version that provides support for booting from USB drives.

