N3200 Upgrade

From WorldGuard

[edit] Overview

I decided that I'd like to get rid of the fairly limited OS that comes with a Thecus N3200 and install a full blown linux distro on it. This page highlights my notes on what I did.

A summary of the steps were as follows: -

1. Execute debootstrap on another system to build a stage 1 chroot for the N3200
2. Copy this to the /raid dir on the Thecus
3. Perform the second stage of the debootstrap directly on the Thecus
4. Compile the kernel with options needed for the N3200 into a uImage
5. Compile specific N3200 modules that provide RTC, network etc functions
6. Compile a flattended device tree, slightly modified to work under the newer kernel
7. Create an initramfs, then use mkimage to tag it
8. Copy the dts, kernel and initramfs to a tftp, then boot the Thecus off the new kernel

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