I just agree with everything!! :) Gonna start "playing" with a USB flash mounted system to see how small I can make it and then I'll start "worrying" about getting everything in the NAND. That "busybox" rung a bell.. once I compiled a kernel for a GT2440 board I had around (a mini2440 clone) which I wanted to use as a server.. then I moved out of the countryby TOLiS_GR - Debian
Heh.. replacing a NAND ic seems soooooooooo easy right now :) I don't think you'll learn anything at all from me!!! :) (or anyone else in here.. each topic/post I read is overwhelming with information!!) Now, as far as the port multipliers go etc, I believe that for more drivers and a bigger NAS money wouldn't be much of a concern and someone could build a better machine e.g.by TOLiS_GR - Debian
Well, according to Jeff, emdebian needs 72MB on UBIFS, if OMV can fit in the remaining it could be done I guess, if not.. we could install a bigger nand :) from the pictures of the board I can only assume that the BGA chip near the marvell soc is the RAM, so on the other side is the NAND, being smd is something I can work with. Just had a quick look in the marvell's datasheet and it seemby TOLiS_GR - Debian
That's pretty interesting too :) !! I guess I'll just have to wait and start "working" as soon as my GFNet arrives! Till then I'll keep reading the forum! As there's not a "thanks" button, thanks to all of you :)by TOLiS_GR - Debian
It's never easy :) but I have some experience with embedded systems (it's kindah my job, but on a different field, I guess it's time to learn linux too), I just finished reading Jeff's How-To. What I can't find is space requirements for the OpenMediaVault, would it fit? If my target is a local network NAS without any special features - just a raid1 "disk" onby TOLiS_GR - Debian
Heh.. the reason I asked if I could run everything from the internal NAND is mainly to avoid having to make partitions to the disks and get rid of the USB , it's mostly a "convenience" and a way to keep things neat than anything else. But the low amount of internal NAND makes me sceptical, I'll try it and report here :) (I'm waiting for my GFN to arrive, should be here afby TOLiS_GR - Debian
Thank you bodhi! what worries me is that the GFNet has 256MB flash but everything I read seems to use much more. e.g. 4GB usb stick, 4GB partition on the HDD etc. Anyway, thanks again! I'm waiting for the GFNet to arrive and start playing :)by TOLiS_GR - Debian
Hello all, my name is Tolis and after a damaged backup disk I finally decided it's time to build a cheap NAS and I found the goflex net "solution" and Don's awesome article. I've already ordered one and I have a new disk, which has already replaced my damaged one. I'd like to ask a few questions though: 1. Is it possible to do this procedure in a windows environmeby TOLiS_GR - Debian