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These articles are not complete but they should be able to assist with baselining the NAS with Linux:<\/p>\n

Flash here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/linkstationwiki.net\/index.php?title=The_LinkStation_firmware_flasher<\/a><\/p>\n

==========
\nStart by creating the following<\/p>\n

mkdir \/mnt\/hda\/misc
\nmkdir \/mnt\/hda\/opt
\nAfter that you should install the development tools. cd \/mnt\/hda\/misc
\nwget http:\/\/downloads.linkstationwiki.net\/development_tools\/mipsel-tools-2_1.tgz<\/a>
\nmkdir devtools
\ncd devtools
\ntar -xzvf ..\/mipsel-tools-2_1.tgz
\n.\/install.sh<\/p>\n

Install expat
\ncd \/mnt\/hda\/misc
\nwget http:\/\/switch.dl.sourceforge.net\/sourceforge\/expat\/expat-1.95.8.tar.gz<\/a>
\ntar -xzvf \/mnt\/hda\/misc\/expat-1.95.8.tar.gz
\ncd expat-1.95.8
\n.\/configure –prefix=\/usr
\nmake install<\/p>\n

for more information please see www.linkstationwiki.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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