**Update**
I did an /sbin/poweroff, then rebooted then did a /sbin/reboot, and waited like 5 minutes before trying to SSH in. This time I did get into debian.
Was I trying to quick or is there something magic about /sbin/poweroff?
Thanks.
Steps I used to install debian on dockstar...
Steps taken mostly from Jeff
http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/ with a few commands from
http://ahsoftware.de/dockstar/Step 1. Unplug your routers WAN (internet) port. This prevents the dockstar from updating but it still allows it to get a dhcp address.
View routers DHCP table to find IP address when you plug it in the first time.
AND YES, you can manually search for it with nmap, but my way is much easier.
Step 2. Partition your SD card or USB drive in linux. I tried to do it over SSH while plugged into the unit and fdisk would not write the partition table.
Here is mine on 4 gig SD card plugged in with USB adapter.
Disk /dev/sda: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 433 3478041 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 434 481 385560 82 Linux swap
Step 3. Plug in your sdcard adapter or USB drive to dockstar and your dockstar into router (lan side) and power.
Step 4. Config
login: root
pwd: stxadmin
#kill pogoplug
killall hbwd
#check your partition table to make sure it is being read
-bash-3.2# /sbin/fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 433 3478041 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 434 481 385560 82 Linux swap
mount -o remount,rw /
vi /etc/init.d/rcS
# Find and comment out the line that starts hbmgr, this prevents pogo program to start on boot
#/etc/init.d/hbmgr.sh start
// Reconnect WAN (internet), since we disabled the startup it will no longer lock us out.
/sbin/reboot
#check to make sure you have ip address and date is being updated
ip addr
date
#These steps taken from Jeff Doozan guide above
cd /tmp
wget
http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/dockstar.debian-lenny.shchmod +x dockstar.debian-lenny.sh
//Apparently Jeff forgot to copy a file to his mirror as the file that URL_POGO_UBOOT does not exist
vi dockstar.debian-lenny.sh
Under # Original package sources
URL_POGO_UBOOT //Take out #
Under # Download from package mirror
#URL_POGO_UBOOT //Add #
#Run setup
./dockstar.debian-lenny.sh
#Watch all the first steps as wget is getting files and make sure none of them crap out. I was getting a 404 error until I fixed the file above. Install takes about 15-20 mins on 3 Mbps DSL.
#Reboot
/sbin/reboot
Now mine did not come up into debian immediately. I actually rebooted about 3 times and it never would go to debian I finally issued /sbin/poweroff, then after two minutes, unplugged and replugged. I let it reboot, then issue /sbin/reboot, Waited about 5 minutes this time and it came up into debian!