Braindumps of an IT Specialist

I wanted an off-site backup destination for my Synology DS109. I decided to use an ‘old’ NSLU2 which I had lying around. I have installed Debian Lenny on a 2GB USB flash disk, this is a good website for installing Debian on a NSLU2, if you want to try it yourself.

The best method for low-bandwith backups (except for the first one) is the use of rsync Continue reading

Install as “standard system”

Default repositories:
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

Configure the network as static
vi /etc/network/interfaces

remove all and replace with the following:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 10.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0
network 10.0.0.0
broadcast 10.255.255.255
gateway 10.0.0.254

Install ssh server:
apt-get install openssh-server

install a better editor Continue reading

Edit the following file:

/etc/network/interfaces

And change

iface eth0 inet dhcp

to

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1 Continue reading