So I have a Pogoplug E02 that I'm running as a low-cost NAS device. I ran the script from here and successfully installed Debian onto a 2GB ext3 USB stick about a year ago. I also have a 3TB USB hard disk with GPT and an ext4 filesystem. This setup runs reasonably well, except I keep running into the same problem that others have on this forum - the USB hard drive gets enumerated first on a cold boot, and U-boot can't find the root filesystem. My workaround is that I manually boot the system with the hard disk unplugged, and manually mount it, but that's not a very good solution.
I'm interested in upgrading both my rescue system, and my U-boot, since I'd like to boot off the USB disk directly. However, there are a lot of threads here, and I want to make sure that I'm following the correct ones before I start flashing things. Should I upgrade the U-boot first? How do I know if I have the latest rescue system? I don't have a JTAG cable - is setting up netconsole good enough?
I'm an experienced Linux software developer, so I'm comfortable with making changes to my device and the general environment, but U-boot is new to me.
I'm interested in upgrading both my rescue system, and my U-boot, since I'd like to boot off the USB disk directly. However, there are a lot of threads here, and I want to make sure that I'm following the correct ones before I start flashing things. Should I upgrade the U-boot first? How do I know if I have the latest rescue system? I don't have a JTAG cable - is setting up netconsole good enough?
I'm an experienced Linux software developer, so I'm comfortable with making changes to my device and the general environment, but U-boot is new to me.