Converting a NSLU2 into an RTorrent appliance

Posted by suvi under Hardware, Linux, Networking

With the sudden website move out of the way and only as damaged as expected (there fill be the odd bad link for a while, mostly older stuff but if you see something please point it out to me), I turned my attention to the Linksys NSLU2 I acquired at LinuxWorld this year. The only real difference between this box what anyone else would start with is that this was running OpenWRT. I used this for a year or so on a different device and I have to say its a *whole* lotta fun.

In this story I will show you how I converted a mild-mannered Linksys NSLU2 into an RTorrent Appliance. I can park this on a bookshelf someplace and anytime from anywhere I can scp a torrent file to that machine which will then download the requested file to the attached storage. In this case I installed Debian Etc to a 2G USB key, then plugged in the external storage, a Seagate 200G external drive.

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