Enigma2 on the good old DM500 - works by netbooting over NFS

[denisoft]

An Enigma2 port for DM500. Does not fit into flash so has to be netbooted/multibooted. Consists
of the linux root filesystem, the kernel image needs to be loaded from FLASH.

New easy install, just use FlashWizard Pro to install this on NFS multiboot.
For automatic service search put these files under /etc/tuxbox/.

If you are wondering whether this is just an experiment - for me it is NOT (started as one though).
This works well on my DM500C and enables so many new features in the form of Enigma2 plug-ins
(Enhanced MovieList, PartnerBox, CutList Editor..). I will use Enigma1 no more

Short video showing a bit how it works.


Detailed instructions:

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### Enigma2 port for DM500 set up by moveq
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### Detailed instructions for getting the max out of your DM500 with Enigma2
### Latest & most optimized version of these instructions and the Enigma2 image
### file itself can be found at:
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 http://koti.mbnet.fi/devnull/suomipoeka/dm500-e2

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### Requirements
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- DM500 is connected to LAN
- FlashWizard Pro for DM500 NFS multiboot
- NFS server on which FlashWizard can install images

### How to set it up
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1. Flash an Enigma1 image that has a linux kernel supporting swapon (latest Pli Jade is good)
2. Boot the image you just flashed and when it shows the first dialog/window just leave it there
3. Setup your NFS server if needed (google "Ubuntu NFS server howto" if you don't know what that is)
4. Launch FlashWizard Pro and setup multiboot options
- Let FlashWizard install it's bootloader on the FLASH when it asks
- Disable HDD, USB and CF media for multibooting
- Enable NFS multiboot options (I used path=media/dreamhdd & IP=192.168.0.1 for 192.168.0.1:/media/dreamhdd share)
- Press autodetect (should show free space on NFS when connection to NFS server & DM500 are ok)
- Drag & drop the Enigma2 .fw2 file into the box in FlashWizard
- Let FW do it's job and when done just close it
5. Reboot your DM500 and select "Enigma2" from the bootloader boot menu
6. Wait 1-5 minutes for Enigma2 to boot up
7. When you see the Enigma2 setup wizard now for the first time, just leave it there (don't set it up yet)
8. Telnet into your DM500 (password is either "dreambox" or "" i.e. just press enter, cannot remember which one I had )
- Create a swap file for the linux kernel on the NFS (YES, REALLY!!)
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536
> mkswap /swapfile
> losetup /dev/loop/0 /swapfile
> swapon /dev/loop/0
- Set the swap file to be enabled during bootup (modify /etc/enigma2/custom_script.sh)
9. Reboot your DM500 again to see that the swap file is in use after bootup
- Telnet in and run "free"
10. Done! You may now start setting up and using Enigma2

*** NOTE: Due to the swap you'll see the spinner / cogwheels the first time you enter Menu/Channel List/Movie List.
*** That will clear out quickly once the linux kernel has sorted out optimal memory / swap usage.

### Extra
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I've disabled a few plugins by moving them to:
/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions/disabled
/usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/disabled
To try them out just move them one level up from the disabled directory.

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[hackdreams]

If i want to use Enigma 2 to DM 500 s the image is located into PC or some NFS and the multibot when its loadet at first time if i select Enigma 2 , Multibot From LAN loads Enigma 2 Image ?? is this Corect.

[zmaj111]

nikako nemogu da pokrenem enigmu 2 na nfs radi gemini nabilo nemesis a enigma 2 pocne da se ucita i stane sta da radim i kako preko daljinskog da menjam image na dreamboxu 500s hvala

[denisoft]

Na zalost, nisam imao priliku probati navedeno, kad mi uleti neka 500tka na testiranje, iskoritit cu ju za probu. Jesi pratio upute detaljno?

[extazy]

meni stize jedan polovan dm500 pocetkom sledece nedelje pa cu da probam, a jel ovo ako sam razumeo znaci da mogu na E1 pluginsi od E2?

[zmaj111]

kod mene na nfs radi nemesis i mozes na njemu da instaliras koliko zelis pluginsa jer mu nije ogranicena memorija kad je u multibotu onda sa hdd imas memoriju .Kako da pokrenem enigmu 2 to ne uspevam imali negde uputstvo na ex-yu jeziku hvala

[pelicic2]

kod mene na nfs radi nemesis i mozes na njemu da instaliras koliko zelis pluginsa jer mu nije ogranicena memorija kad je u multibotu onda sa hdd imas memoriju .Kako da pokrenem enigmu 2 to ne uspevam imali negde uputstvo na ex-yu jeziku hvala

poz ljudi...da li radi ovo na dm500? pokusavam danima ali....podignem enigmu2.dodje do crnog ekrana i tako ostane...sve ostalo sa nfs om radi kako treba...ima li pomoci ili da odustanem?

[wolf1976]

Sad radi li ili ne,nije uopce ni toliko bitno,ja ti sugeriram da na 500tici vozis enigmu 1 jer je savrsena za taj receiver.Enigma2 je za vecu bracu,i ako ti i proradi,nije to to.

[pelicic2]

Sad radi li ili ne,nije uopce ni toliko bitno,ja ti sugeriram da na 500tici vozis enigmu 1 jer je savrsena za taj receiver.Enigma2 je za vecu bracu,i ako ti i proradi,nije to to.

enigma1 radi, istina, ali....nije stvar kako bi radila enigma2 (dobro ili loshe) zelim vidjeti vishe pa makar je i ne koristio.....ima li reshenja ili ne?

[denisoft]

Ja na zalost osim ovih uputa na pocetku posta nemam nista vise, a ni 500tku za experimentiranje. Bilo bi lijepo ako bi jos netko sa 500-tkom probao multiboot, pa i e2 cisto da vidimo ide li to!

Unaprijed hvala!