Installing Arch on nslu2 ?

[sgramstrup]

Hi.

A search here/google doesn't show anything usefull.

1. nslu2 should have armv5 core, but as it is not listed here I suspect that it's not easy ?
2. Does any of the other device setups work on nslu2, enough to get it up and running ?
3. advice, pointers ?

Thanks..

[WarheadsSE]

I'm not aware that any of the developers have one, so that makes it a little more complicated.

Find out what the CPU/SoC is, and the specs. We may be able to offer some guidance from there.

[sgramstrup]

Hi. Thanks for taking interest..

From nslu2-linux.org:

"The LinkSys NSLU2 has an Intel IXP420 as its processor. Currently NSLU2's are supplied with a B0 stepping IXP420. This is a stripped down version of the IXP425 and therefore does not have any of the cryptographic features or extra interfaces. The XScale core inside the IXP420 is based on a ARMv5TE architecture"

"Due to limitations of the IXP NPE access library and microcode at the time of release, the NSLU2 runs in big endian mode (the cpu supports little endian as well)."

extra info..
Intel IXP420 info (pdf) http://download.intel.com/design/networ ... 249404.pdf
NSLU2 Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2
Other hardware in linksys nslu2: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Info/Li ... umentation

Anything recognizable ? Wikipedia mentiones that these: OpenWrt, Debian, Gentoo, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Ubuntu is ported.. if that helps..

Simon

[WarheadsSE]

ARMv5TE tells me it should run ALARM okay.

[sgramstrup]

Great, thats a starting point..

Ill take a closer look on the procedures for v5 devices/downloads, and take it from there..

Thanks, Simon..

[jeajea]

If the purpose of your NSLU2 project is to learn more about Linux and/or arch then it may be a reasonable thing to try. However, the NSLU2 is dreadfully slow.
If you just want a working Arch server Adorama has the grey E02 pogoplug for $25 shipped. How much is your time worth to you?

http://www.adorama.com/COCPOGOE02G.html

If you would like a spare NSLU2, I have one that works that I will sell very cheap.

[xenoxaos]

The NSLU2 DOES have an ARMv5te CPU in it(Intel IXP420). BUT, it only has 32M of ram. You won't be able to get very far with that and I would suggest going with another device.