Thanks a lot for having the time to reply, as I’m sure you are really busy

I’ll try to study it all a bit later on this weekend and see if I feel confident enough to get debian installed.

Great work, its really appreciated!!

You can use packages such as Webmin to administer you system using web based menu, but I think you will still need some Unix/Linux knowledge. I haven’t tried webmin yet, but with only 32mb RAM, I imagine the web based administration system will be slow.

Setting up print server is quite easy, the CUPS print server have their own web based administration system. The web based configuration is very slow (it reads a all drivers in the database), but you only need to do it once. The printing is also quite slow (I don’t know whether it is slower or faster compared to the original firmware, because my printer is not supported on the original firmware).

If somehow your files becomes corrupt, just unplug it, connect the device to USB port on your PC, and use Linux (or Linux Live CD) to scan/fix it.

You need to download a special kernel and a root file system that I have prepared. After installing that part, you can use (almost) any software in the Debian ARM repository (so you don’t need special applications for it).

See the instructions here:

http://tinyhack.com/2008/07/30/installing-debian-on-agestar-without-serial-port/

I’m just wondering does debain have a web configuration page like the default agestar nas drive? If not, how would I make changes and settings without a gui??

Would it be easy to set up a print server on the drive with debain?

What happens if the files become corrupt on the hard drive? Is it easily recoverable?

And my last question, do I need to download a “special” build of debain for the drive or will any version work?

Manuel

Sorry, I have changed the Mac Address because I have two Agestar, and both have the same mac address. To change your mac address in Debian, just add

hwaddress ether 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:20

(or any other number) to

/etc/network/interfaces

belllow the line “iface eth0″

Pleas read “man 5 interfaces” to learn more about the configuration format of the interfaces file.

Manuel

http://nslu2.pcprobleemloos.nl/doku.php

(search for ntp in that page)

or you can read http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/system-administrator/ch-sysadmin-time.html

In general, if you have any problem, just search google, add keyword “debian” and “nslu” or “nslu2″. The solution for NSLU/NSLU2 should work with agestar.

The Nas is working fine. What is screwed up is my router, all of dhcp setting was changed after the power outage.

Thank you.