SqueezePlug Media-Server 4.0 (final Release)

[truehl]

1.So would a 2gb stick still be sufficient?

I think yes, but I'm not sure with the image-tool. I'll make a script the next days where you can download the RootFS and install it on smaller sticks so 2 GB should do.

2. I've seen some Micro sticks and Nano sticks. They are really small, but the write speeds are about 3MB/sec. Is that too slow? What are the consequences of this in terms of the server operation?

The read and write speed should be high, otherwise you will not have much fun.

3. Having seen a discussion thread on booting from a USB on the previous incarnation of the GoFlex, and that certain sticks didn't work, does just any 4gb USB stick work, or are there certain ones that are better than others for use with the GoFlex Net?

There are problems with some sticks. Is's impossible to say which one works and which not. I have seen identical sticks, one works, the other won't, try!

4. If I were to add a USB hub to the GoFlex, would it have to have its own power supply? I'm thinking of a 2-3 slot hub to enable running another external drive in the future.

No, no power-supply but it's the same like with the sticks. Some works some don't.

5. I read somewhere on the squeezeplug.de site that all the files need to have the artwork in subfiles before installation. I haven't got the artwork for most of my files. It cannot be added afterwards?

No problem, the database sees changes and refreshes.

[Gadgety1]

I think yes, but I'm not sure with the image-tool. I'll make a script the next days where you can download the RootFS and install it on smaller sticks so 2 GB should do.

Thank you! Looking forward to the RootFS script.

You know, as I'm not Linux knowledgeable, and even though I'll be following your careful installation instructions, a part of me wants to do this just for the accomplishment of having "conquered" the task.

[ralphy]

Has anyone tried connecting an LCD via USB to a Squeezeplug server, yet? Would that work in conjunction with SqueezeSlave? If it would, I could build my own home-made Squeezebox Radio...

I doubt the LCD will work as the kernel does not have support for usb video.

[prefabsprout]

Hi Thomas, many thanks for all your efforts. A very stupid question....I have been able to mount one drive on the GoFlex as the music library. I have another FAT32 drive in the second slot, containing movies, which is not recognised...how do I get this drive recognised by network?

Many Thanks

John Keogh
Ireland

[truehl]

Hi Thomas, many thanks for all your efforts. A very stupid question....I have been able to mount one drive on the GoFlex as the music library. I have another FAT32 drive in the second slot, containing movies, which is not recognised...how do I get this drive recognised by network?

Many Thanks

John Keogh
Ireland

Are you sure the device is not recognized? Maybe it's not mounted! Please check the command "blkid" from a putty console and post the contens of your /etc/fstab file.

Report the results back here.

Greetings,
Thomas
Greetigs,
Thomas

[prefabsprout]

Are you sure the device is not recognized? Maybe it's not mounted! Please check the command "blkid" from a putty console and post the contens of your /etc/fstab file.

Report the results back here.

Greetings,
Thomas
Greetigs,
Thomas

Hello Thomas,

Here's the results.

root@squeezeplug:~# blkid
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="rootfs" UUID="2fedc608-fc5d-42c4-920c-b3182837deba" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="swap" UUID="60cd1c93-712e-4150-8488-6cdedcc9906a" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="FLEXTV" UUID="4E0B-6BFB" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="MUSIC" UUID="4521-1DF2" TYPE="vfat"

[truehl]

Hello Thomas,

Here's the results.

root@squeezeplug:~# blkid
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="rootfs" UUID="2fedc608-fc5d-42c4-920c-b3182837deba" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="swap" UUID="60cd1c93-712e-4150-8488-6cdedcc9906a" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="FLEXTV" UUID="4E0B-6BFB" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="MUSIC" UUID="4521-1DF2" TYPE="vfat"

What gives you "mount" and what looks your /etc/fstab look like? The decice is recognized: you have a sda, a sdb and a sdc! So it must be a mount problem!

[forestcaver]

Thanks for the hard work in getting this project up and running. Just set up a sheevaplug today - it works well. I had been looking for a low power solution for ages for my (ancient slimp3)...
I'm very chuffed...
Just one comment on the instructions - please could you emphasise the bit about using usbit in "Device" mode ?!!! I was beating my head against a brick wall for ages until I spotted that I had been using it in volume mode - I felt very silly !!!

Cheers,
Andy

[Loom]

Been running SqueezePlug 3.50 for quite a while now.

Will the 4.01 SD-Image work without messing around with U-Boot or the ESIA installer?

[gNNY]

On my machine I tried the commands you suggested as well to find out about those missing 980 GB. This is what I got

/etc/fstab (section without comment only):

LABEL=rootfs    /               ext2    noatime,errors=remount-ro       0       1
LABEL=swap      none            swap    sw                              0       0
tmpfs           /tmp            tmpfs   defaults                        0       0

blkid:

/dev/sda1: LABEL="rootfs" UUID="82ea8502-4917-4fd2-acda-1fb14d4bc27e" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="swap" UUID="ddaa05e2-5d06-4657-8e10-3f24e9543d55" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="data" UUID="04f8e069-5397-473b-abdf-80c72c3979d1" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"

mount:

/dev/sda1 on / type ext2 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)

Seems like the partition "data" isn't used or mounted.

As I also have a 250 GB drive, I checked that as well. Here, the data partition isn't mounted either. The only difference to the 1TB drive is that blkid marks the "data" partition as "TYPE=ext3" and not "SEC_TYPE=ext2 TYPE=ext3" as it was with the 1 TB drive.

The 250GB drive is also not recognized by my NAS serven when I hook it up to it via USB cable. Tomorrow, I might be able to run some tests with the 4.0 image to see what that looked like. Because with that image I didn't have those problems.

But maybe I'm doing something wrong, who knows?