Netgear STORA-New ARM hardware

[Damia Soler <list@damia.net>]

      Hello:

      This is my first message on the list, I am the owner of a Netgear 
Stora, a 2 bay SATA cheap afordable home NAS device.

      The hardware specification are:

      -2 SATA bays.
      -1 GB ethernet port
      -1USB port
      -ARM CPU
                     Processor    : ARM926EJ-S rev 1 (v5l)
                     BogoMIPS    : 992.87

       -128Mb of RAM
      -220Mb of flash Storage
      -ventilator
      -LEDs power, disk1, disk2

      Official page: 
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/Stora/MS2110.aspx

      
      The default setup don't allow direct hacking of the unit but you 
can press the reset button on startup and boot a tftp, NFS root mounted 
custom system, and then modify the filesystem.

      At the moment, there is no solution too boot a full opensource 
solution (kernel, uboot, drivers for leds, etc.) , but There are efforts 
to port specific propietary hardware drivers (only the ventilaotr, leds 
and buttons). It si posible to root a chrooted Debian on it , I did it 
with a debootstrap with armel arch.

      If you are interested on this machine there is an active 
community on:  http://hardwarehackersunite.com/

      When the specific apps need to run specific hardware, I will be 
interested on install Debian on it.

       Is there a way to request for official support on Debian arm? Is 
there any place to talk about new devices?


      Best regards
      Damià