Category:Foonas-em
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About
foonas-em is a small embedded Linux distribution that replaces existing firmware in flash memory on network attached storage devices (although on most platforms it may also be TFTP booted). foonas-em provides a separate operating system and utilities to the main Linux distribution on the hard disk that provide repair, maintenance and operating system installation & upgrade capabilities above and beyond existing manufacturer and third party distributions. foonas-em contains the following features:
- Assorted filesystem repair utilities - ext2, ext3, JFS, ReiserFS and more (depending on platform and flash space)
- Full ftp daemon available at boot
- Full root account telnet access
- A selection of Busybox utilities
- Simple installation of supported OS via web browser using inbuilt web server
- LVM and RAID utilities (depending on platform and flash space)
- U-Boot environment modification utilities (depending on platform bootloader)
- USB Storage support (depending on platform and flash space)
- Localised into English, Spanish and German (online web installer content will be localised in next version)
- ipv6 support (auto-configuration via ipv6 router only)
Status: Stable
Currently foonas-em is stable for the platforms listed as supported below. Other platforms should be considered alpha or beta quality.
Platform Support
Note that XFS support should not be used with any of the ARM platforms listed below.
Supported Devices
Devices supported as of version 0.1.0-r2:
| Platform | Busybox Config | Needs Bootloader | Needs Serial | TFTP Only | Flash Install | Reiser Support | JFS Support | VFAT Support | RAID, LVM | USB Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo LinkStation HD & Kurobox (PowerPC) | Small | Yes | No | No | Yes | Full | Full | Yes | No | Yes |
| Buffalo LinkStation HG, HS-DGL & Kurobox HG (PowerPC) | Small | Yes | No | No | Yes | Full | Full | Yes | No | Yes |
| Buffalo LinkStation LS-GL & HS-DHGL (ARM) | Medium | No | Yes | Yes | Never | Full | Full | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kurobox Pro (ARM) | Medium | No | Yes | No | Yes | Full | Full | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QNAP TS-209 (ARM) | Medium | No | Yes | Yes | No | Full | Full | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Supported Soon
| Platform | Busybox Config | Needs Bootloader | Needs Serial | TFTP Only | Flash Install | Reiser Support | JFS Support | VFAT Support | RAID, LVM | USB Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo LinkStation HD (MIPSel) | Small | Yes | No | No | Yes | Module | Full | Yes | No | Yes |
| HP Media Vault mv2120 (ARM) | Medium | No | Yes | Yes | Never | Full | Full | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| QNAP TS-109 (ARM) | Medium | No | Yes | Yes | No | Full | Full | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thecus N1200 (PowerPC) | Medium | No | Yes | No | Yes | Full | Full | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thecus N2100 (ARM) | Medium | No | No | No | Yes | Full | Full | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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