Re: Debain on a Buffalo TeraStation Live (HS-DHTGL/R5)
On Fri, 2020-03-27 at 14:57 +0100, Gilles Risch wrote: > On 26/03/2020 18:25, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:15 PM Gilles Risch < > > > gilles.ri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > During these days of isolation I reanimated my old TeraStation > > > Live > > > (HS-DHTGL/R5), equipped it with some new disks and installed the > > > latest > > > official firmware (2.14). This firmware is based on a quiet old > > > Linux > > > kernel: > > > #uname -a > > > Linux TS-LIVE 2.6.16.16-arm1 #9 Fri Aug 31 13:42:57 JST 2007 > > > armv5tejl > > > unknown > > > > > > So I decided to look for something newer. Is it possible to > > > install and > > > run a recent version of Debian on this Marvell Orion based NAS? > > > > There is still minimal kernel support for this platform in the old > > board > > files (not in the .dts format), and the armel kernel enables > > support, but > > as far as I can tell, it only has 128MB of RAM, and the official > > minimum > > for a Debian installation is now 256MB, so this may be a rough > > ride. > > > > Using OpenWRT instead of Debian would better fit into the RAM, but > > they have removed support for all Marvell Orion5x based platforms > > a few months ago, making that also a bit hard, though depending on > > how motivated you are, you could add back OpenWRT support by > > creating a dts file for their "Kirkwood" port. > > > >Arnd > > > > Thanks, > > I'll have a look at OpenWRT. Don't let RAM requirements put you off Debian. I run the latest Debian on a SheevaPlug (Kirkwood CPU), which whilst it does have 512MB RAM, 'free' reports 458MB availble. So that's 54MB used by the kernel, openssh daemon, exim4 email daemon, a bash shell, dnsmasq, chrony, fail2ban, and other odds and ends. Obviously, the more spare RAM for caches the better. -- Tixy
Re: Debain on a Buffalo TeraStation Live (HS-DHTGL/R5)
On 26/03/2020 18:25, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:15 PM Gilles Risch wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> During these days of isolation I reanimated my old TeraStation Live >> (HS-DHTGL/R5), equipped it with some new disks and installed the latest >> official firmware (2.14). This firmware is based on a quiet old Linux >> kernel: >> #uname -a >> Linux TS-LIVE 2.6.16.16-arm1 #9 Fri Aug 31 13:42:57 JST 2007 armv5tejl >> unknown >> >> So I decided to look for something newer. Is it possible to install and >> run a recent version of Debian on this Marvell Orion based NAS? > > There is still minimal kernel support for this platform in the old board > files (not in the .dts format), and the armel kernel enables support, but > as far as I can tell, it only has 128MB of RAM, and the official minimum > for a Debian installation is now 256MB, so this may be a rough ride. > > Using OpenWRT instead of Debian would better fit into the RAM, but > they have removed support for all Marvell Orion5x based platforms > a few months ago, making that also a bit hard, though depending on > how motivated you are, you could add back OpenWRT support by > creating a dts file for their "Kirkwood" port. > >Arnd > Thanks, I'll have a look at OpenWRT. Regards, Gilles signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Debain on a Buffalo TeraStation Live (HS-DHTGL/R5)
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:15 PM Gilles Risch wrote: > > Hello, > > During these days of isolation I reanimated my old TeraStation Live > (HS-DHTGL/R5), equipped it with some new disks and installed the latest > official firmware (2.14). This firmware is based on a quiet old Linux > kernel: > #uname -a > Linux TS-LIVE 2.6.16.16-arm1 #9 Fri Aug 31 13:42:57 JST 2007 armv5tejl > unknown > > So I decided to look for something newer. Is it possible to install and > run a recent version of Debian on this Marvell Orion based NAS? There is still minimal kernel support for this platform in the old board files (not in the .dts format), and the armel kernel enables support, but as far as I can tell, it only has 128MB of RAM, and the official minimum for a Debian installation is now 256MB, so this may be a rough ride. Using OpenWRT instead of Debian would better fit into the RAM, but they have removed support for all Marvell Orion5x based platforms a few months ago, making that also a bit hard, though depending on how motivated you are, you could add back OpenWRT support by creating a dts file for their "Kirkwood" port. Arnd
Debain on a Buffalo TeraStation Live (HS-DHTGL/R5)
Hello, During these days of isolation I reanimated my old TeraStation Live (HS-DHTGL/R5), equipped it with some new disks and installed the latest official firmware (2.14). This firmware is based on a quiet old Linux kernel: #uname -a Linux TS-LIVE 2.6.16.16-arm1 #9 Fri Aug 31 13:42:57 JST 2007 armv5tejl unknown So I decided to look for something newer. Is it possible to install and run a recent version of Debian on this Marvell Orion based NAS? Kind regards, Gilles signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
