[ILUG] Getting Linux onto a Dell PowerVault 705N NAS

[Conor Wynne]

> Has anyone here tried to make a Dell PowerVault 705N NAS box (basically
> a rack mounted box with 4 IDE disks, a Promise RAID controller and a
> NIC) run Linux somehow or does anyone know if my suspicion is correct
> and Dell's NAS O/S is burnt into a ROM and is effectively a BIOS
> with NAS sharing functionality?

Its the ???BSD one, its on a rom chip and I dont believe its possible to
install any other OS on it.
I'll ask for you though, alreet :)

Telnet in and you will get an idea.

> Conall O'Brien

Conor Wynne
Dublin
Irlande.