A couple of years ago, I found the need to share media files within my home, and being a cheapskate that I was, I bought a Linksys NSLU2, plus a generic harddisk enclosure. After a while, my family members moved out of the house and there was no longer a use for the “slug” and it sat there gathering dust for some time.
Recently, I wanted to explore embedded linux, and the NSLU2 came back into the picture. It was a cheap way to do a whole lot of things for very little. Rather than procuring expensive tools and development platform from a vendor, here is the open source method. A community of NSLU2 hackers have done most of the basic work, making it possible to install a full linux OS into the device.
After some investigation, I opted for Debian/NSLU2 variant, mainly because I wanted the most flexible option available. The downside (according to the website) is that Debian slug has inefficient installation size. But I figure with cheap storage nowadays, that is not going to be a problem.
Hence began my journey into hacking the Linksys NSLU2. To date, it has been a fun-filled endevour and the blog posts in this category will tell the tales of my journey.
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