This guide helps you to get, set up, and activate Solidbox.
You will need the following:
Download the solidbox system image matching your Olimex board, from https://box.redpill.dk/.
Solidbox system images are not yet available. Instead use a core image for now.
Simplest way to write the downloaded system image to MicroSD card is to download and use the tool [Etcher].
Alternatively you may want to use below manual method, e.g. to avoid trusting that external Etcher tool.
Locate device name of your microSD card.
You are looking for the /dev/my-sd-card path which is not the system disk of your host computer or any other disk you have attached besides the MicroSD card.
On Linux devices are often named like /dev/mmcblk7 or /dev/sdf. You can list disk devices on Linux with this command:
lsblk --paths
On macOS devices are often named like /dev/disk7. You can list disk devices on macOS with this command:
diskutil list
Make sure MicroSD card is plugged in, but not mounted.
Decompress and copy image onto MicroSD card, one of these ways:
Simple method: Do it as separate steps (adjust names as needed):
gunzip --keep solidbox-lime2-1.0.img.gz
sudo cp solidbox-lime2-1.0.img /dev/my-sd-card
Fast method: Do it combined (adjust names as needed):
sudo sh -c 'zcat solidbox-lime2-1.0.img.gz > /dev/my-sd-card'
Connect MicroSD card and ethernet cable to box, then connect and turn on power.
After about a minute, the box is accessible from computers connected on the same local network.
Beware that some places wired and wireless networks are separate networks.
You can access the Solidbox via ssh:
ssh debian@hamlet.local
First time you log in via ssh, use these credentials:
Activation of the box should be improved to not ever need ssh access.
Instead, first account created for a user-friendly service - e.g. Jabber chat - should be treated as the sole owner of the box.
Change the password:
passwd
Extend the system partition to use the whole disk:
sudo /root/extend-partition
To connect to an open wifi hotspot do something like this:
sudo ip link set wlan0 up
sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | less
sudo iw dev wlan0 connect some_SSID_from_above_without_code