NSLU2

Links

To install, follow the howto, here are the big steps:

Get Debian 4.0r0 firmware from http://www.slug-firmware.net/ and unzip it
Power the NSLU2 and wait a bit (green light) before plugging it to th enetwork if you've a DHCP, so the NSLU2 will choose itself IP 192.168.1.77
Go to the admin webpage, tab administration, login admin/admin
Configure ALL network params
Go to the admin webpage, tab administration, login admin/admin, tab advanced, tab upgrade
Upload di-nslu2.bin, start upgrade
Wait for "upgrading ok" (5mins) -> wait for 3 bips (10mins)
This is the last moment to plug an external USB mass-storage if you didn't do so yet
Login via ssh installer@192.168.1.77 (or another IP got by DHCP...) pwd "install"
- I did it from an xterm but exported term mode is pure console so it's better to login from a real text console otherwise the ncurses menu is a bit broken (but still usable)
Start installation, manually load the following modules:
- ext3-modules-2.6.18-4-ixp4xx-di
- partman-auto
- partman-ext3
- scsi-core-modules-2.6.18-4-ixp4xx-di
- usb-storage-modules-2.6.18-4-ixp4xx-di
I chose guided partition, using one partition for the whole system, on a 6G USB disk
- This gave only a swap of 90M while they recommend at least 128M
- So I manually modified the proposed partition scheme
Once you defined the new users, it'll take about 2.5h to complete