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Aug 10 15:52:57 <multiplexd> hello all. can somebody point me to documentation on the NSLU2's internal flash layout?
Aug 10 17:26:29 <DrJ> you're still using a nslu2?
Aug 10 17:27:30 <DrJ> as much as I once loved (and really still do) the nslu2... I don't see any reason to use it anymore.  Get a raspberrypi 3
Aug 10 17:29:27 <multiplexd> DrJ: i have a raspberry pi 3. (i also have two pi 1's, a pi 2 and a cloud engines pogoplug pro)
Aug 10 17:29:50 <multiplexd> DrJ: i'd like to be able to make the slug do something useful
Aug 10 17:30:29 <DrJ> :)
Aug 10 17:30:47 <DrJ> I have two rpi3, two rpi2, and one rpi1 and I still have my nslu2 in a closet
Aug 10 17:31:18 <multiplexd> i'm planning to possibly hand-roll an OS for the slug. given the limited resources available, i figured something home-made will give me the most flexibility
Aug 10 17:31:51 <multiplexd> it's currently running LEDE, but it doesn't support an in place sysupgrade and i don't want to have to repeatedly flash and reconfigure it
Aug 10 17:32:01 <DrJ> the info you were looking for might have been on the site
Aug 10 17:32:08 <DrJ> but it looks like the site is down
Aug 10 17:32:42 <DrJ> https://web.archive.org/web/20160309050214/http://www.nslu2-linux.org/
Aug 10 17:33:27 <multiplexd> yeah, i eventually thought to look at the wayback machine
Aug 10 17:33:58 <multiplexd> i found flash layout information, but what i'd be looking for now is probably any documentation on creating firmware images for the slug
Aug 10 17:34:15 <DrJ> if it's available it would be on the site
Aug 10 17:34:55 <DrJ> I still though would just use the rpi :)
Aug 10 17:36:31 <DrJ> back in the day I would buy nslu2s on ebay along with an external hd... I would then install unslung on them and preconfigure some software
Aug 10 17:36:44 <DrJ> I would then resell them on ebay for basically double what I paid for the nslu2+hd combined
Aug 10 17:37:28 <DrJ> I'd also do the cpu resistor hack
Aug 10 17:37:58 <DrJ> I profited thousands doing that for a year or so
Aug 10 17:38:19 <DrJ> which was a lot for a ~15 year old
Aug 10 17:39:41 <multiplexd> hah, cool
Aug 10 17:40:41 <multiplexd> DrJ: i'll take a look round the LEDE source tree and see if i can figure out how they create the firmware images
Aug 10 17:41:10 <DrJ> I ended up stopping because it was getting harder and harder to find reasonablly priced nslu2s on ebay
Aug 10 17:41:18 <DrJ> or find any at all
Aug 10 17:43:41 <multiplexd> i have one lying around which i'd like to put to use. i reckon it could work as a low power NAS or WiFi access point device
Aug 10 17:47:23 <DrJ> I guess my point is you have a raspberrypi... it can do more than one thing... so what is the real need for a nslu2
Aug 10 17:50:24 <multiplexd> DrJ: kitchy nerd cred? i like doing stuff with older hardware.
Aug 10 17:51:08 <multiplexd> that's why i have a T22 thinkpad knocking around and a ten year old UltraSPARC 1U rack server ;)
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