Hard Drive as Linux Server
By ET
I bought a Maxtor Shared Storage Plus external hard drive.
The installation is simple, you just connect it to the network, and you can find it when you install the driver.
There is a small CPU inside the box, and it supports simple Web Server, file sharing capabilities. So I was thinking maybe I can get it to do more things, like mysql, php, etc. Then it will be really working as a linux server. Turned out that someone has worked this out at http://openmss.org
OpenMSS is a replacement firmware for the Maxtor Shared Storage. Currently it’s a modified version of the original firmware which includes:
* The same as the original firmware.
* opt directory pointed to your harddrive for local system files.
* ipkg tool to install your own packages.
* Telnet enabled by default (can easly be disabled and replaced by ssh).
Current experimental packages on ipkg server:
busybox_1.0-8_mipsel.ipk
ctorrent_1.3.4-dnh1-1_mipsel.ipk
dropbear_0.46-4_mipsel.ipk
hddtemp_0.3-beta14_mipsel.ipk
kissd_0.12-1_mipsel.ipk
kissd_0.9-1_mipsel.ipk
lsof_4.75-1_mipsel.ipk
ncftp_3.1.8-1_mipsel.ipk
noip_2.1.1-1_mipsel.ipk
rsync_2.6.6_mipsel.ipk
strace_4.5.11-1_mipsel.ipk
unrar_3.51-1_mipsel.ipk
vsftpd_2.0.3-2_mipsel.ipk
In the discussion forum, there is one how-to to explain how to install MySQL, PHP, HTTP.
