dtaubert on the Roku Forums figured out a backdoor into the Linkstation (see http://www.rokulabs.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=186): The 1.44 firmware update has...
The Linkstation is an 8260 PPC system: BUFFALO INC. Link Station series HD-HLAN (HIDETADA) BUFFALO login: root Password: Linux (none) 2.4.17_mvl21-sandpoint...
Here's a stab at things that might be worthwhile to explore: 1) find a suitable distribution to draw on so that we can use existing ppc binaries. Of course...
... I've been working on 2/3. I picked up a new binutils and gcc-2.59.3 (that's the version used to build the kernel, although Buffalo seems to have used the...
I didn't run rpm on the box, as I knew the available packages would have incompatibilities. I picked out certain files with rpm2cpio | cpio -i and just copied...
... Err, looks like I can get them out of the glibc rpm from the GPL zip. Setting up a cross system to handle these GPL rpms is a bit of work. Lots of custom...
Has anyone read yamashita-san's webpage yet? http://www.yamasita.jp/linkstation/ It indicates that HackKit runs on it. If that doesnt ring any bells, IIRC,...
If you poke around on the Japanese website in the Links section you can find some pictures. Just for fun I took mine apart. It's tightly packed and hard to...
Hi all, I've been messing with my "linkstation" for a little while now. Actually, I bought a device that's called the "Kuro-box" which basically is a rebranded...
I've read through that site. It has tons of information to go through. I'm not quite clear what the Hackkit is, but I thought it was like a distro he put...
... Cool -- I've tried following a couple of those sites via online translators, but it doesn't quite work for technical work. The ones that interest me most...
... - Kernel support for other USB devices, such as 802.11b/g adapters. - routing functions (so can be used as a cheap wireless router) - a WiKi hosted...
I have added this mailing list to gmane. This will give us a newsfeed and web archive, details below. Thom ... From: "Gmane Administrator" <admin@...>...
... crack ... a ... Reading those machine translated web pages were just too confusing and sometimes funny. :) Luckily I can read enough Japanese to tell...
Just a FYI for those who are from the US and Canada, those silly stickers that say you'll void your warranty if they are cut through and what not. We have...
This should be relevant: http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/app_note/AN2222.pdf hhl stands for Hard Hat Linux, also from MontaVista. Not sure if this is...
All, I am interested in running a source code control system called perforce on the LinkStation. It looks like a promising fit. The progam supports Linux PPC...
... It may very well work. glibc is 2.2.3 on the LinkStation. ... You want to run the server on the LinkStation, yes? ... I should have a cross and native...
Excellent news! I may just give it a try. If I buy it from newegg, I suspect I can return it if the experiment is a complete failure (and I don't turn it...
Babelfish doesn't work with the url but if you cut and paste a paragraph you get soemthing. Trouble is there's so much information it's hard to digest since...
Great news. Looks like I get to order one while the rebate offer still holds. I will post with my results. Thanks a lot Derek! BTW, I use perforce for source...
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Before acquiring an NSLU2 I posted a couple of places that the Linkstation looked like more of what I was looking for, but lacked the community enhancing this...
