It should be possible, someone did this for another Seagate NAS: http://forums.seagate.com/t5/BlackArmor-NAS-Network-Storage/Install-Debian-GNU-Linux-5-0-7-Lenny-on-the-Blackarmor-220-NAS/m-p/85596/highlight/true#M3290 http://www.noerenberg.de/hajo/pub/seagate-blackarmor-nas.txt Edit: He used seagate kernel similar to pogoplug's 2.6.22 kernel. The binary is only compatible with Lennby CoolkcaH - Debian