Subject: LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini
To: None <port-powerpc@netbsd.org>
From: Gerardo Alvarez <galvarez3d@gmail.com>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 07/12/2006 16:15:32
Hello
I posted this in the netbsd-ports list a couple of months ago, sorry to repost.
I wonder if someone in this list can be interested in this: I want to suggest
porting netbsd to this network hard disk, LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini
Specs can be found here, (Notice Processor 266Mhz / RAM 32MB SDRAM [64?]:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10594
This is some additional information I have gathered through the diskĀ“s
administrative web interface:
Software
Package version 2.0
Software version LaCix - 1.3.4
Operating system Linux Embedded - 2.4.25-lacie6
Hardware
Bios version U-Boot 1.1.1
Manufacturer and model LaCie Group, S.A.
Physical memory 59 MB
Virtual memory 125 MB
A specially interesting site with more info about the device hardware and
internals: http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2005/09/13/review_ethermini/page4.html
It runs a reduced linux (source code available at
http://www.lacie.com/download/drivers/lacie-gpl.tar.bz2)
If it could run a more fully featured OS, it could be a great server to be left
running unattended.
Thanks for your attention
Gerardo Alvarez