[Guide] How to install OpenMediaVault 1.0.32 from scratch

Hi,

I've finally prepared a guide to setup OpenMediaVault 1.0.32 on UDOO Quad.
This is the procedure that I followed.

Prerequisites

• 
  An SD card (2GB or larger)
  Debian/Ubuntu based OS (I've used Linux Mint)

Procedure
Insert your SD card in your PC. Open a shell and log as root:

Code:

su

Then go to the root home folder

Code:

cd

Now update and install the needed packages for this procedure:

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install binfmt-support qemu-user-static debootstrap

Now check where your SD card is mapped

Code:

fdisk -l

You should find your SD card with a name like /dev/sdX (in my case it is /dev/sdb). From now on I will refer to the SD card as /dev/sdX (in your system this path could differ). Please consider that we are going to wipe the entire content of this disk, so be sure that you're pointing to the right device and you've already made a backup of its content.
In case your system automatically mount the SD card we have to un-mount it:

Code:

umount /dev/sdX1

The previous command could fail if your SD card has not been mounted automatically by your system, the important thing is that /dev/sdX is pointing correctly to your SD card and is not mounted in your file system
Now we have to wipe the entire filesystem and create a new partition, we will use fdisk:

Code:

fdisk /dev/sdX

Delete all partitions using the command

Code:

d

as the partition table is empty (use command p to check the partition table) you can create a new partition with:

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n

Then select a primary partition with:

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p

And 1 as ID:

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1

To be sure to have enough space for U-Boot image let the partition start at 16025, so choose as start:

Code:

16025

I noticed that using 16GB card this value could create some problem, but honestly I don't know why. I used a 8GByte SD card (class 6)
Partition end is automatically suggested so you can press [ENTER]
Now you can write your partition table with the following command:

Code:

w

Now format your SDCard with EXT4 filesystem:

Code:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX1

Before mounting your partition check if the folder /mnt exists and it is empty. So mount it on /mnt using:

Code:

mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt

Download the U-Boot image with (for UDOO Europe version):

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wget http://download.udoo.org/files/UDOO_Unico/u-Boot_Quad/u-boot-q.imx

While if you have an US UDOO you have to use this link:

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wget http://udoo.org/download/files/UDOO_Unico/u-Boot_Quad/u-boot-q.imx

And then write it to the SDCard

Code:

dd if=u-boot-q.imx of=/dev/sdX bs=512 seek=2

Now create a new folder where we will temporally put our packages. Please be sure that “debian” folder is not already existing in your home folder.

Code:

mkdir ~/debian

Download basic package:

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debootstrap --foreign --arch=armhf wheezy ~/debian

Copy the QEMU file:

Code:

cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static ~/debian/usr/bin/

Install all basic packages in debian folders:

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chroot ~/debian /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage

Download Kernel image (if you have an Europe version):

Code:

wget http://download.udoo.org/files/UDOO_Unico/Kernel/uImage

While if you have an US UDOO you have to use this link:

Code:

wget http://udoo.org/download/files/UDOO_Unico/Kernel/uImage

And copy it to the boot folder:

Code:

cp uImage ~/debian/boot

Download modules (if you have an Europe version):

Code:

wget http://download.udoo.org/files/UDOO_Unico/Kernel/modules.tar.gz

While if you have an US UDOO you have to use this link:

Code:

wget http://udoo.org/download/files/UDOO_Unico/Kernel/modules.tar.gz

And extract them to our folder:

Code:

cd  ~/debian
tar xzf ~/modules.tar.gz

From now on our root folder will be the “debian” folder

Code:

chroot ~/debian

Add new lines for the ethernet interface (if your using Wi-Fi you have to make a little change to it, but I suggest if it is possible to use ethernet at least for the first boot):

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nano /etc/network/interfaces 

Add following lines to the exisiting:

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auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Save and exit using CTRL+X
Add package repository:

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nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add this line:

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deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main

Save and exit using CTRL+X
Now update APT repositories:

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apt-get update

Install SSH and other basic stuff:

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apt-get install openssh-server bash-completion locales

Set your root password (please take note of it!)

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passwd

Exit from chroot with:

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exit

Copy everything you have installed on your SDc ard:

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cd ~/debian/
cp -rp * /mnt
sync

Now you can un-mount your SDCard

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umount /dev/sdbX
exit

Remove your SD card (if you’re using a VM please assure that your host OS has completely un-mounted the SD card, in case unmount also from it)

Now put your SD card in your UDOO and be sure is connected to your home network (so ethernet connection is the simplest way) boot it and wait at least 30 seconds, from a PC connected to the same network open a SSH session using the UDOO IP address and log as root and put the password that you have entered some step above:

Code:

ssh root@UDOO_IP

Where UDOO_IP is the IP address of your UDOO.
Once the SSH shell is opened add locales export to your bashrc:

Code:

nano .bashrc

Add the following lines at the end of the file:

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export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8

Save and exit with CTRL+X, then update (when the selection menu will pop-up please select en_US.UTF-8 and deselect everything else):

Code:

locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
dpkg-reconfigure locales
source .bashrc

Now add repository for OMV

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echo "deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public kralizec main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openmediavault.list

Add key for Kralizec repository (thank to @calmyabadselfdown):

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apt-key adv --keyserver http://packages.openmediavault.org/public/archive.key --recv-keys 7E7A6C592EF35D13

And add our hostname

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echo "127.0.0.1" $HOSTNAME.localdomain $HOSTNAME >> /etc/hosts

Update packages definition:

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apt-get update

Install OVM stuff:

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apt-get install openmediavault-keyring postfix

Answer to questions that will pop-up
Now update definitions again:

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apt-get update

And install OVM:

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apt-get install openmediavault

If everything has work correctly you should not get any error during the previous installation. You have to add again this line at the end of /etc/hosts (after OVM installation it will be probably deleted)

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echo "127.0.0.1" $HOSTNAME.localdomain $HOSTNAME >> /etc/hosts

Then configure OVM:

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omv-initsystem

You should get no error and so now you can reboot:

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reboot

Now SSH server is disabled on your UDOO, but you can re-enable it using the OVM WebGUI. Connect to your UDOO via web browser (you have to enter your UDOO_IP in your URL bar in your browser) and log as admin:

Code:

user: admin
password: openmediavault

Go to Services->SSH and select Enable, then Save and confirm with Apply in order to have an SSH connection.
If you want extra plug-in, connect via SSH as before and digit the following commands:

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echo "deb http://packages.omv-extras.org/debian/ kralizec main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/omv-extras-org-kralizec.list
apt-get update
apt-get install openmediavault-omvextrasorg
apt-get update

That's all!

P.S.:
I made this procedure using Linux Mint in a Parallels 9 VM (on Mac OS X 10.10), I have noticed that using Virtual Box VM under OS X 10.10 I got a lot of errors while trying to format the SD card. I have also noticed that using a 16GByte SD card the procedure doesn't work, the system doesn't start, I don't know why, since I follow the same procedure (I've prepared my debian folder and then write in both SD cards).

 

Re: [Guide] How to install OpenMediaVault 1.0.32 from scratc

many thanks for this works great

The only extra bit I had to do was I got an error after adding the kralizec main to the sources when doing the apt-get update.
it moaned about a missing key.
if you do get this error type :-

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver http://packages.openmediavault.org/public/archive.key --recv-keys 7E7A6C592EF35D13

fixed the problem for me and the rest of the install had no further issues

 

Re: [Guide] How to install OpenMediaVault 1.0.32 from scratc

Thank you @calmyabadselfdown, I've updated my guide with your suggestion!

 

Re: [Guide] How to install OpenMediaVault 1.0.32 from scratc

Many thanks for this guide! Would it work for UDOO Dual as well?

 

Seems to work on dual as well, but haven't managed to get NFS or owncloud working yet.

 

Thank you for this easy guide. One thing is still unclear to me: Where is the difference between the European and US UDOO? Is it hardware related and how can I identify my model?