Install Optware on Seagate Home NAS
The Seagate GoFlex Home product line is a serial of network attached storage (NAS) devices made by Seagate for home computer network storage and backup. As reported, it essentially is a plug computer powered by a 1.2GHz Marvell Kirkwood ARM processor 88F6281 (ARMv5te based) teamed up with 128MB of Nanya RAM and 256MB of flash memory. My Seagate GoFlex Home NAS 2TB comes with a 2TB storage space, a gigbit ethernet port and an USB 2.0 port. Inside the storage enclosure is a 3.5-inch hard disk reported to be a Seagate Barracuda ST32000542AS. The ethernet port is reported to be driven by a Marvell 88E116R LAN controller. Figure 1. Seagate GoFlex Home Network Storage System Before installing Optware packages on a Seagate Plug, you need decide whether you should install them on the onboard flash memory or an external storage, such as the attached NAS or an attached USB thumb drive. In my case, I chose to straightly install the packages on the NAS and mount the installation subdirecto