Exploring Unslung. how to nslu2 hack pt5. In Part 5 of his Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 series, Jim Buzbee introduces us to the Unslung firmware that is the next step in the evolution of this little box into a general-purpose Open Source application platform.....

• -Installing Unslung
• -How To: Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 - Part 5- Moving to Unslung
• -Boot-time Alternatives
• -Expanding the NSLU2 even further
• -Adding Applications

the Twonkyvision server implies that you've upgraded your NSLU2 firmware to Unslung. So for the remainder of this article, I'm assuming that you've upgraded to the latest Unslung firmware, which as of this writing was 3.18-beta. If you haven't upgraded, then...

• -Hacking the Linksys NSLU2 Part VI - Installing a Media Server
• -Finishing Up

require a RAM disk. The advantage of this is that it frees up 10 megaBytes of RAM. That's a lot on a 32 MegaByte system. Freeing up that memory will allow us to run even more sophisticated programs. In Part 5, I'll introduce you to the Unslung firmware that...