Monthly Archives: March 2008

Collin and i are running a Twitter stream for quick updates on all things related to NAS4220 hacking. Get your information overload here.

RaidSonic being a good FOSS citizen has put out the sources of the linux kernel they use on the NAS4220. I used buildroot to generate myself an armv4 cross toolchain and than tried to compile my own kernel. The first … Continue reading →

The firmware of the device is kept on a 16MB flash chip. From looking at the boot log of the linux kernel you can see that it is split up into several partitions. SL2312 MTD Driver Init……. SL2312 CFI Flash: … Continue reading →

Lets see if we can get the TFTP upload working. On start up the boot loader will present you this menu. Boot Menu ============================================================================== 0: Reboot 1: Start the Kernel Code 2: List Image 3: Delete Image 4: Create New … Continue reading →

I have several disks which are encrypted using dm_crypt/LUKs. Unfortunately these disk don’t seem to be supported by the default software. Well i guess thats a good excuse to have a look at the bowels of this box. One way … Continue reading →

I recently bought a NAS-4220 from Raidsonic. Its a nice piece of hardware with a lot of punch, low energy requirements and a cheap price. I’ve been looking for a NAS/home-server for some time now but hadn’t found a suitable … Continue reading →