2nd try: Thermaltake Muse NAS-RAID (N0001LN) - IOP architecture - HELP requested

[Mello <mellowiz@gmail.com>]

Hi all,
I've searched through the archives but I've found nothing about my
LAN-based NAS (in the subject) hence I'm asking the alias...

Anybody has any ideas on how to hack it to carry out a fresh install
of Debian+Samba on Thermaltake Muse NAS-RAID (N0001LN)?
Very simply put, it is a 4-bay box, built around the Intel IOP 80219
(@400MHz) architecture.
It also features an externally accessible serial interface, one 1G
Ethernet interface and 256MB RAM (+8MB flash). Additionally, although
I'm unaware of the nitty-gritty stuff, it has a Redboot firmware (seen
via the serial cable).
The system is based on Linux (uname -m => armv5tel;  uname -r =>
2.6.10-iop1) and it runs software made by FalconStor (ipstord,
ipstorcomm...). I'm not sure whether RAID is done in software or
hardware.

What I'd like to achieve is to have a Debian server, running SSH
instead of Telnet (!), that I can configure to share data via SMB.
Disks should be configured as RAID 1 at least.

Thanks,
-mw