1. mkdir -p /opt/etc/ipkg

1. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs05q3armel/cross/unstable/ipkg-opt_0.99.163-10_arm.ipk

MSSII is Maxtor Shared Storage II, a NAS device includes one or two SATA hard disk, with two USB ports and gigabit ethernet. Comes in 320GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB models.

FOR KERNEL IMAGE AND MODULES ONLY: If you want to build kernel images or modules, use the mssii platform instead of the cs05q3armel. i.e: cd optware make mssii-target cd mssii

and the rest is the same as above.

Recent addition of a native toolchain gcc 4.1.1 recipe in optware needs alpha testers. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nslu2-linux/message/21701

• Modified firmware with Optware bootstrap based on Maxtor 3.4.90 firmware. It includes all fixes described below.
• or this one based on Maxtor 3.1.28 firmware.

MSSII is Maxtor Shared Storage II, a NAS device includes one or two SATA hard disk, with two USB ports and gigabit ethernet. Comes in 320GB, 500GB and 1TB models.

• Modified firmware with Dropbear SSH and Telnet based on Maxtor 3.1.28 firmware. It fixes the /dev/tty bug. Optware bootstrap is included.

• Modified firmware with Dropbear SSH and Telnet based on Maxtor 3.1.28 firmware.

It fixes the /dev/tty bug. Optware bootstrap is included.

• Maxtor 3.1.28 firmware

• Modified firmware with Dropbear SSH and Telnet based on Maxtor 3.1.28 firmware. It fixes the /dev/tty bug. Optware bootstrap is included.

make cs05q3armel-target cd cs05q3armel

MSSII is Maxtor Shared Storage II, a NAS device includes an SATA hard disk, with two USB ports and gigabit ethernet. Comes in 320GB, 500GB and 1TB models.

openmss forum nas-central forums

Board pix

Other wiki pages

# uname -a
Linux MSS-03A961.local 2.6.12.6-arm1 #1 Tue Aug 22 15:55:07 PDT 2006 armv5tejl GNU/Linux
 # cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor       : ARM926EJ-Sid(wb) rev 0 (v5l)
BogoMIPS        : 332.59
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult edsp java 
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 5TEJ
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0x926
CPU revision    : 0
Cache type      : write-back
Cache clean     : cp15 c7 ops
Cache lockdown  : format C
Cache format    : Harvard
I size          : 32768
I assoc         : 1
I line length   : 32
I sets          : 1024
D size          : 32768
D assoc         : 1
D line length   : 32
D sets          : 1024

Hardware        : MV-88fxx81
Revision        : 0000
Serial          : 0000000000000000

Bootlog

320GB and 500GB MSSII has 32MB RAM, 1TB MSSII has 64MB.

LED codes

• Slightly modified firmware with telnetd, see this thread for detail.
• 3.1.28 firmware
• GPL source

Self extracting optware bootstrap script on mssii, first get root shell access with one of the modified image.

# mkdir -p /share/tmp; cd /share/tmp
# wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-10_arm.xsh
# sh mssii-bootstrap_1.0-10_arm.xsh

At time of writing, 1.0-10 is the latest, to automatically figure out and use the latest bootstrap.xsh, you can also do the following instead of the above (use copy 'n paste):

# mkdir -p /share/tmp; cd /share/tmp
# FEED=http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable
# XSH=`wget -q -O- "$FEED/?C=M;O=D" | grep mssii-bootstrap | head -n 1 | sed 's/.*href="//; s/".*//'`
# wget $FEED/$XSH
# sh $XSH

Now you can start using ipkg

# ipkg update
# ipkg list | grep search_term
# ipkg install <foo> <bar>

If the software you like is not packaged as optware ipk yet, you can either try to add it yourself (see below), or add your request at PackageWishList.

The Buffalo LinkStation Pro/Live and TeraStation Pro/Live with stock firmware can also use this feed. A lspro-bootstrap.xsh and teraprov2-bootstrap.xsh are now in the feed. Looks like QNAP 109/209 can also use this feed.

To build optware ipkg for it, on your build machine, first follow Optware.AddAPackageToOptware for svn checkout, then simply

cd optware
make mssii-target
cd mssii
make directories toolchain ipkg-utils
make <foo>-ipk
make <bar>-dirclean <bar>-check

If you have a NAS device with Marvell Orion chipset, runs in ARM little endian mode, and dmesg line shows CodeSourcery ARM 2005q3-2, like the following

Linux version 2.6.12.6-arm1 (root@bigcent) (gcc version 3.4.4 (release) (CodeSourcery ARM 2005q3-2))

It is very likely the NAS device can also use this MSSII feed. If there is no xsh bootstrap script in the feed for your device, you can try the manual bootstrap instructions below

# test -e /opt && mv /opt /opt.bak
# mkdir -p /big-disk/opt && ln -sf /big-disk/opt /opt
# wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs05q3armel/cross/unstable/ipkg-opt_0.99.163-9_arm.ipk
# tar -xOvzf ipkg-opt_*_arm.ipk ./data.tar.gz | tar -C / -xzvf -
# echo "src armel http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs05q3armel/cross/stable" > /opt/etc/ipkg/armel-feed.conf
# /opt/bin/ipkg update
# /opt/bin/ipkg install <pkg_foo> <pkg_bar> ...

It has been confirmed QNap ts109/209, Freecom DataTank work with the cs05q3armel feed.

See List of Marvell Orion devices

chroot debian etch

Tips:

• Need to add /opt/bin/bash to /etc/shells if you keep using firmware dropbear and want to use /opt/bin/bash as your login shell. I would recommend to use utelnetd before optware bootstrapping, *not* use firmware dropbear at all, install optware openssh after optware bootstrapping. This also avoids the problem of changing host key. There's also report that running dropbear interferes with optware ipkg.
• If programs are not able to read from /dev/tty, e.g. more or less not taking key press, it's because /dev/tty is symlinked to /dev/ttyS0. Do the following,

# cd /dev
# rm -f tty
# mknod tty c 5 0
# chmod go+w tty

# cp /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules.orig
# sed -i -e '/ttyS0.*SYMLINK="tty"/d; /console.*MODE="0622"/aKERNEL=="tty",     NAME="%k", MODE="0666"' /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules

• To enable optware openssh, I keep a copy of /etc/passwd at /share with /opt/bin/bash as login shell. MSS II always regenerate passwd on every boot, the last few lines of my /etc/init.d/rcS:

# comment out rc.mod, use optware openssh instead of dropbear
# sh /etc/init.d/rc.mod

[ -e /share/passwd ] && cp /share/passwd /etc/
[ -e /share/group ] && cp /share/group /etc/

# Optware setup
[ -x /etc/init.d/rc.optware ] && /etc/init.d/rc.optware start

exit 0

• To have a correct local time (with US/Pacific as example below)

# ipkg install tz
# cp /opt/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime

Nice site!

It is very likely the NAS device can also use this MSSII feed. If there is no xsh bootstrap script in the feed for your device, you can try the manual bootstrap instructions below

[ -e /share/group ] && cp /share/group /etc/

1. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-10_arm.xsh
2. sh mssii-bootstrap_1.0-10_arm.xsh

At time of writing, 1.0-10 is the latest, to automatically figure out and use the latest bootstrap.xsh, you can also do the following instead of the above (use copy 'n paste):

@]

• To have a correct local time (with US/Pacific as example below)

# ipkg install tz
# cp /opt/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime

See List of Marvell Orion devices

1. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-9_arm.xsh
2. sh mssii-bootstrap_1.0-9_arm.xsh

At time of writing, 1.0-9 is the latest, to automatically figure out and use the latest bootstrap.xsh, you can also do the following instead of the above (use copy 'n paste):

1. echo "src armel http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs05q3armel/cross/stable" > /opt/etc/ipkg/armel-feed.conf
2. echo "src mssii http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable" > /opt/etc/ipkg/mssii-feed.conf

It has been confirmed QNap ts109/209, Freecom DataTank work with the cs05q3armel feed.

1. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs05q3armel/cross/unstable/ipkg-opt_0.99.163-9_arm.ipk

1. echo "src mssii http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs05q3armel/cross/stable" > /opt/etc/ipkg/cross-feed.conf

It is planned that we'll rename mssii feed to cs05q3armel, and the old mssii-kernel becomes mssii.

Self extracting optware bootstrap script on mssii, first get root shell access with one of the modified image.

1. mkdir -p /share/tmp; cd /share/tmp
2. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-5_arm.xsh
3. sh mssii-bootstrap_1.0-5_arm.xsh

At time of writing, 1.0-5 is the latest, to automatically figure out and use the latest bootstrap.xsh, you can also do the following instead of the above (use copy 'n paste):

1. mkdir -p /share/tmp; cd /share/tmp
2. FEED=http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable
3. XSH=`wget -q -O- "$FEED/?C=M;O=D" | grep mssii-bootstrap | head -n 1 | sed 's/.*href="//; s/".*//'`
4. wget $FEED/$XSH
5. sh $XSH

Now you can start using ipkg

# ipkg update
# ipkg list | grep search_term
# ipkg install <foo> <bar>

If you have a NAS device with Marvell Orion chipset, runs in ARM little endian mode, and dmesg line shows CodeSourcery ARM 2005q3-2, like the following

It has been confirmed QNap ts109/209, Freecom DataTank work with the feed.

If you have a NAS device with Marvell Orion chipset, runs in ARM little endian mode, and dmesg line shows CodeSourcery? ARM 2005q3-2, like the following [@ Linux version 2.6.12.6-arm1 (root@bigcent) (gcc version 3.4.4 (release) (CodeSourcery? ARM 2005q3-2))

It is very likely the NAS device can also use this MSSII feed. If there is no xsh bootstrap script in the feed for your device, you can try the manual bootstrap instructions below [@

1. test -e /opt && mv /opt /opt.bak
2. mkdir -p /big-disk/opt && ln -sf /big-disk/opt /opt
3. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/unstable/ipkg-opt_0.99.163-9_arm.ipk
4. tar -xOvzf ipkg-opt_*_arm.ipk ./data.tar.gz | tar -C / -xzvf -
5. echo "src mssii http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable" > /opt/etc/ipkg/cross-feed.conf
6. /opt/bin/ipkg update
7. /opt/bin/ipkg install <pkg_foo> <pkg_bar> ...

It has been confirmed QNap? ts109/209, Freecom DataTank? works with the feed.

chroot debian etch

Tips:

• Need to add /opt/bin/bash to /etc/shells if you keep using firmware dropbear and want to use /opt/bin/bash as your login shell. I would recommend to use utelnetd before optware bootstrapping, *not* use firmware dropbear at all, install optware openssh after optware bootstrapping. This also avoids the problem of changing host key. There's also report that running dropbear interferes with optware ipkg.
• If programs are not able to read from /dev/tty, e.g. more or less not taking key press, it's because /dev/tty is symlinked to /dev/ttyS0. Do the following,

1. cd /dev
2. rm -f tty
3. mknod tty c 5 0
4. chmod go+w tty

@]

# cp /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules.orig
# sed -i -e '/ttyS0.*SYMLINK="tty"/d; /console.*MODE="0622"/aKERNEL=="tty",     NAME="%k", MODE="0666"' /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules

• To enable optware openssh, I keep a copy of /etc/passwd at /share with /opt/bin/bash as login shell. MSS II always regenerate passwd on every boot, the last few lines of my /etc/init.d/rcS:

• Need to add /opt/bin/bash to /etc/shells if you keep using firmware dropbear and want to use /opt/bin/bash as your login shell. I would recommend to use utelnetd before optware bootstrapping, *not* use firmware dropbear at all, install optware openssh after optware bootstrapping. This also avoids the problem of changing host key. There's also report that running dropbear interferes with optware ipkg.

The Buffalo LinkStation Pro/Live and TeraStation Pro/Live with stock firmware can also use this feed. A lspro-bootstrap.xsh and teraprov2-bootstrap.xsh are now in the feed. Looks like QNAP 109/209 can also use this feed.

1. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-4_arm.xsh
2. sh mssii-bootstrap_1.0-4_arm.xsh

320GB and 500GB MSSII has 32MB RAM, 1TB MSSII has 64MB.

1. cp /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules.orig
2. sed -i -e '/ttyS0.*SYMLINK="tty"/d; /console.*MODE="0622"/aKERNEL=="tty", NAME="%k", MODE="0666"' /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules

1. sed -i.orig -e '/ttyS0.*SYMLINK="tty"/d; /console.*MODE="0622"/aKERNEL=="tty", NAME="%k", MODE="0666"' /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules

sed -i -e '/ttyS0.*SYMLINK="tty"/d; /console.*MODE="0622"/aKERNEL=="tty", NAME="%k", MODE="0666"' /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules @]

• To enable optware openssh, I keep a copy of /etc/passwd at /share with /opt/bin/bash as login shell. MSS II always regenerate passwd on every boot, the last few lines of my /etc/init.d/rcS:

Looks like the Buffalo LinkStation Pro/Live and TeraStation Pro/Live can also use this feed. A lspro-bootstrap.xsh is now in the feed.

1. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-3_arm.xsh
2. sh mssii-bootstrap_1.0-3_arm.xsh

Looks like the Buffalo LinkStation? Pro/Live and TeraStation? Pro/Live can also use this feed. A lspro-bootstrap.xsh is now in the feed.

1. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-2_arm.xsh
2. sh mssii-bootstrap_1.0-2_arm.xsh

openmss forum nas-central forums

1. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-1_arm.xsh

1. comment out rc.mod, use optware openssh instead of dropbear

• Need to add /opt/bin/bash to /etc/shells if you keep using firmware dropbear and want to use /opt/bin/bash as your login shell. I would recommend to use utelnetd before optware bootstrapping, *not* use firmware dropbear at all, install optware openssh after optware bootstrapping. This also avoids the problem of changing host key.
• If programs are not able to read from /dev/tty, e.g. more or less not taking key press, it's because /dev/tty is symlinked to /dev/ttyS0. Do the following,

• To enable optware openssh, I keep a copy of /etc/passwd at /share with /opt/bin/bash as login shell. MSS II always regenerate passwd on every boot, the last few lines of my /etc/init.d/rcS:

1. Need to add /opt/bin/bash to /etc/shells if you keep using firmware dropbear and want to use /opt/bin/bash as your login shell.

1. sed -i -e 's|/stable|/unstable|' /opt/etc/ipkg/cross-feed.conf

Bootlog

1. To enable optware openssh, I keep a copy of /etc/passwd at /share with /opt/bin/bash as login shell. MSS II always regenerate passwd on every boot, the last few lines of my /etc/init.d/rcS:

# comment out rc.mod, openssh instead of dropbear
# sh /etc/init.d/rc.mod

[ -e /share/passwd ] && cp /share/passwd /etc/
[ -e /share/sudoers ] && cp /share/sudoers /etc/

# Optware setup
[ -x /etc/init.d/rc.optware ] && /etc/init.d/rc.optware start

exit 0

LED codes

If the software you like is not packaged as optware ipk yet, you can either try to add it yourself (see below), or add your request at PackageWishList.

• GPL source

• 3.1.28 firmware

• Slightly modified firmware with telnetd, see this thread for detail.
• 3.1.28 firmware
• GPL source

3.1.28 firmware GPL source

Now you can start using ipkg

1. ipkg update
2. ipkg list | grep search_term
3. ipkg install <foo> <bar>

@]

To build optware ipkg for it, on your build machine, first follow Optware.AddAPackageToOptware for svn checkout, then simply [@

make <bar>-dirclean <bar>-check

Self extracting optware bootstrap script on mssii, first get root shell access with one of the modified image

1. mkdir -p /share/tmp
2. cd /share/tmp
3. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/unstable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-1_arm.xsh
4. sh mssii-bootstrap_1.0-1_arm.xsh
5. sed -i -e 's|/stable|/unstable|' /opt/etc/ipkg/cross-feed.conf

@]

To build optware ipkg for it, on your build machine, first follow Optware.AddAPackageToOptware for svn checkout, then simply [@

Self extracting optware bootstrap script on mssii, first get root shell access with one of the modified image

1. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/unstable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-1_arm.xsh

1. sed -i -e 's|/stable|/unstable|' /opt/etc/ipkg/cross-feed.conf

1. sed -i -e 's|/stable|/unstable|' /opt/etc/ipkg.conf

This method is prefered when the optware mssii feed is up.

chroot debian etch

Self extracting optware bootstrap script on mssii, first get root shell access with one of the modified image

Self extracting optware bootstrap script on mssii, after root shell access

1. mkdir -p /share/tmp
2. cd /share/tmp
3. wget http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/mssii/cross/stable/mssii-bootstrap_1.0-1_arm.xsh
4. sh mssii-bootstrap_1.0-1_arm.xsh

This method is prefered when the optware mssii stable feed is up.

Tips:

1. Need to add /opt/bin/bash to /etc/shells if you use this as your login shell.
2. If programs are not able to read from /dev/tty, e.g. more or less not taking key press, it's because /dev/tty is symlinked to /dev/ttyS0. Do the following,

# cd /dev
# rm -f tty
# mknod tty c 5 0
# chmod go+w tty

1. Need to add /opt/bin/bash to /etc/shells if you use this as your login shell.
2. If programs are not able to read from /dev/tty, e.g. more or less not taking key press, it's because /dev/tty is symlinked to /dev/ttyS0. Do the following,

# cd /dev
# rm -f tty
# mknod tty c 5 0
# chmod go+w tty

This will also get rid of the "can't access tty: job control turned off" problem of busybox. Now man, more or less will work.

MSSII is Maxtor Shared Storage II, a NAS device includes an SATA hard disk, with two USB ports and gigabit ethernet. Comes in 320GB, 500GB and 1TB models.

To build optware ipkg for it, on your build machine, first follow Optware.AddAPackageToOptware for svn checkout, then simply

1. mkdir -p /share/opt
2. ln -s /share/opt /opt

1. Need to add /opt/bin/bash to /etc/shells if you use this as your login shell.

@]

Tips: 1. Need to add /opt/bin/bash to /etc/shells if you use this as your login shell.

320G MSSII has 32MB RAM, 1TB MSSII has 64MB.

To build optware ipkg for it, on your build machine, simply

cd optware

Manually bootstrap optware on mssii after root shell access

Other wiki pages

Slightly modified firmware with telnetd, see this thread for detail.

To build optware ipkg for it, simply

make mssii-target
cd mssii
make directories toolchain ipkg-utils
make ipkg-opt-ipk
make <foo>-ipk

Manually bootstrap optware on it after root shell access

# export PATH=/opt/bin:$PATH
# wget http://your_server/path-to-optware-mssii-builds/ipkg-opt.....ipk
# tar -xOvzf ipk-opt_*.ipk ./data.tar.gz | tar -C / -xzvf -
# ipkg-opt install http://your_server/path-to-optware-mssii-builds/<foo>.ipk

Board pix

Slightly modified firmware with telnetd

Board pix

openmss forum

http://openmss.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=15 openmss forum

Some info

# uname -a
Linux MSS-03A961.local 2.6.12.6-arm1 #1 Tue Aug 22 15:55:07 PDT 2006 armv5tejl GNU/Linux
 # cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor       : ARM926EJ-Sid(wb) rev 0 (v5l)
BogoMIPS        : 332.59
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult edsp java 
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 5TEJ
CPU variant     : 0x0
CPU part        : 0x926
CPU revision    : 0
Cache type      : write-back
Cache clean     : cp15 c7 ops
Cache lockdown  : format C
Cache format    : Harvard
I size          : 32768
I assoc         : 1
I line length   : 32
I sets          : 1024
D size          : 32768
D assoc         : 1
D line length   : 32
D sets          : 1024

Hardware        : MV-88fxx81
Revision        : 0000
Serial          : 0000000000000000

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