This post is trumpeting the successful installation of Debian onto a Linksys NSLU2 Network Storage Link.
The unit is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) server which allows upto two USB hard drive or flash drive to be network accessible from anywhere. There are lots of different firmware replacements available developed by the open source community and these allow you to use the NSLU2 as a dedicated Linux box.
The NSLU2's specs are:
My partitions were configured as:
3.7GB – Primary partition, used for ext3, bootable, mounted as /
380MB – Logical partition, used for swap (lots more than the recommended 256MB)
Changing the hostname from the serial number:
The unit is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) server which allows upto two USB hard drive or flash drive to be network accessible from anywhere. There are lots of different firmware replacements available developed by the open source community and these allow you to use the NSLU2 as a dedicated Linux box.
- 266Mhz ARM Intel XScale CPU
- 32MB SDRAM
- 8MB Flash
- 10/100 RJ-45 Ethernet port
- 2 USB 2.0 ports
- 5V DC power consumption (solar power?)
My partitions were configured as:
3.7GB – Primary partition, used for ext3, bootable, mounted as /
380MB – Logical partition, used for swap (lots more than the recommended 256MB)
Changing the hostname from the serial number:
echo slug > /etc/hostnameModified /etc/network/interfaces to end with:
# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
hostname slug
Links- NSLU2 Linux: the homestead of all Linux things for the NSLU2
- Debian Installer Firmware: to bootstrap the installation
- Installing Debian on the Linksys NSLU2
- WinSCP and PuTTY: The essential SSH tools for Windows
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Linux, Thursday, July 17, 2008 23:37
