TonidoPlug2 runs Linux; hence technically you can install other software (limited by memory size and process speed). However, we don't offer any kind of technical support if you attempt to do this. When you install other software we recommend you to boot the TonidoPlug2 from either external USB drive or SATA disk. If you install software on flash and brick the device CodeLathe is not responsible for it.
Follow the steps outlined here, if you like to update your plug with a new kernel
root@TonidoPlug:~# mkdir /data/ root@TonidoPlug:~# cd /data/ root@TonidoPlug:/data# wget http://www.tonido.com/downloads/plug2/uImage
root@TonidoPlug:~# wget http://www.tonido.com/downloads/plug2/nandwrite root@TonidoPlug:~# wget http://www.tonido.com/downloads/plug2/flash_eraseall
TonidoPlug 2
root@TonidoPlug:~# cd /media/disk1part1 root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# wget http://www.tonido.com/downloads/plug2/rootfs.tar.gz
TonidoPlug 1 (Use following code)
root@TonidoPlug:~# cd /media/disk1part1 root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# wget http://www.tonido.com/downloads/plug/rootfs.tar.gz root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# wget http://www.tonido.com/downloads/plug/modules.tar.gz
root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# md5sum rootfs.tar.gz958a32161e1daf1c79d88b1c6f6e85bf rootfs.tar.gz root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# md5sum modules.tar.gzc2b89c8dd681656427b27a2fc1db725f modules.tar.gz
root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# tar zxvf rootfs.tar.gz root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# tar zxvf modules.tar.gz
root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# initctl emit tstop root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# cp -dpr /root/app /media/disk1part1/root
root@TonidoPlug:/media/disk1part1# cd /root root@TonidoPlug:~# umount /media/disk1part/ root@TonidoPlug:~# reboot
root@TonidoPlug:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted onrootfs 3.8G 669M 2.9G 19% /
Not all USB disks or sticks are compatible for booting the plug. If your plug is not booting with the USB disk you've used then please repeat the procedure with a different USB disk.