On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Alexander Tsvetkov <[email protected]> [2010-07-23 12:42]: > > I'm trying to get Debian working on my NAS which is a WD MyBook World > (White > > Light Edition). A similar project was already done for the first version > of > > MyBook World based on the OXE800 chipset > > Do you have a link? > That's the link: http://www.ismprofessional.net/pascucci/documenti/mybook/mybook-hacking-en.html > > but the second version is based on the OXE810 chipset so it's not > > compatible. My Linux experience is not great but I'm willing to > > learn and experiment and frankly said I don't know where to start. > > So can you help me with the basic steps to get this project started. > > In order to add official support in Debian for this device, you'd have > to get OXE810 support into the mainline kernel. However, you can > install Debian with your own custom kernel, see > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Arm/OtherPlatforms for some > information. > -- > Martin Michlmayr > http://www.cyrius.com/ > Thanks for the link I'll read it and I'll see what I can do. BTW Western Digital did published their sources here: http://download.wdc.com/gpl/WD-MyBookWorld-v1.01.16.tar.gz Inside there are also kernel patches, toolchain and other stuff. May be these will be useful. Thanks, Alexander Tsvetkov
