Alt-F Wiki

Welcome to Alt-F Wiki!

Please remember that any topic not covered here might have been already at the Alt-F Forum.

Note: You are welcome to add pages, correct typos, improve wording or unclear meaning. To edit a page here (or to create a new one) you must be a _registered_ Sourceforge user.

Basic help

• How to Install describes how to install and diagnose Alt-F.
  
  
  • How to install packages without internet access

• How to Use gives an overview of Alt-F use. Every new user should read this at least once!
  
  

  • About Buttons and Leds describes LED and Button actions, including disaster recovery info.
    Everybody should read this at least once!
    
    
  • How to recover from lost access What to do If the box can be accessed through MS-Windows (Samba/SMB/CIFS), but the webUI can't be used.
    
    
  • How to access Online Help, available in some Alt-F interface pages.
    
    
  • "Can't Store Settings" explains why you might see this message.

• How to Print to USB attached printers
  
  

• FAQ here you can find an overview of the frequently asked questions
  
  

RAID Howtos

• Convert a "standard" filesystem to RAID1, keeping all your data
  
  
• Convert RAID1 to a "standard" filesystem, without losing your data
  
  
• Fixing a degraded RAID1 array
  
  
• How to remove swap from a RAID1 (AKA Your md0 raid1 device is degraded)
  
  
• Transferring current RAID1 to newer and bigger disks

Advanced topics

• How to Customize the Firmware describes how to fix or customize the firmware for your needs.
  
  
• How to Build (RC4 and latter) describes how to build Alt-F from source code on an linux machine.
  
  
• How to Build (RC3 and previous) describes how to build Alt-F from source code on an linux machine.
  
  
• How to Create Packages describes how to build Alt-F disk installable packages.
  
  
• How to setup FHEM Describes how to setup FHEM (a perl server for house automation) under Alt-F.