Netgear Stora Ms2000

[Ardelle Abdullah]

Notethat using this guide will replace the original firmware found on the Stora. If you ever plan to restore the original firmware please take a backup. The Ethernet address of your device is set by the original U-Boot. OpenWrt will use a different flash layout than the original one.

Before compiling the project, be sure to replace the MAC address with the real one for your device. You can find it on a sticker on the back wall, next to the power button.You need to replace in the file package/boot/uboot-kirkwood/patches/170-netgear-stora.patch on line 597.If you do not do this and you have two or more Netgear Stora devices on the network with this OpenWRT firmware, then these devices will have network connection problems due to duplication of MAC addresses.

The configuration for compiling the U-boot for Netgear Stora is also not in the u-boot mainline repository. Therefore, I found an already compiled u-boot from Bodhi.

Using kwboot, I was able to check this u-boot and record it in NAND.

Fixed typos in environments, for example, dtb_file '/boot/dts/kirkwood-netgear_stora_ms2000' -> dtb_file '/boot/dts/kirkwood-netgear_stora_ms2000.dtb'

I added my ip and serverip in environments.

Generally you'd tftp an initramd version of OpenWrt and boot it from RAM. Then use the sysupgrade command in OpenWrt to write the sysupgrade version to flash, and then you have a regular bootable install. Modifying the bootloader parameters should not be necessary.

Although you loaded the "on-device" tree blob into memory via uboot... i doubt an initramfs will honour this as it has one pre appended within itself. Even if it did... it's format is likely not what 4.14 expects.... You have to edit the .dts within the buildroot... ( assuming you have not edited it already )....

Hi,

I have only changed to have ssh access. If not private data will be required, probabbly I could help you. I am now checking what updates I have at my places. Currently only 5044, small update almost nothing, requires 5043.

I want asked if there are any updates for this topic.

I also found my Stora in the attic. I installed the latest u-boot und also the Kirkwood Debian. But need a plugged USB stick to run the OS. OpenWrt will fit into the NAND...

Hello, BigDi!

Someone added Netgear Stora support to Openwrt. I found this on the wiki page: _stora

According to this instruction, I have already installed openwt on 2 Netgear Stora. Everything works stably, the firmware is completely located in NAND.

Development builds / snapshots The development branch can contain experimental code that is under active development and should not be used for production environments. Snapshot images may support additional hardware; however, it is experimental,...

The Netgear Stora is a simple NAS system that allows anyone, even with no tech knowledge, to set up a simple network attached home RAID system. I plugged it in, slapped in a second hard drive, pushed the power button, and copied over my files. It was completely up and running within a few minutes. The Netgear Stora provided me an easy hot-swappable RAID system, but I wanted much more. I knew it was a fully functional, stand-alone, low-power linux server. The obvious next step was to root it.

Gaining root access on the Netgear Stora is amazingly easy. The first thing you need to do is get your product key. There is one located on the bottom of the device and one on the cd that came with it. Mine (for whatever reason) didn't match. For me the one on the Netgear Stora install CD was the correct one to use. This may not always be the case so try both.

Now that you have your Stora product id all you need to do is login via SSH using any user you have setup on your stora that has administrator access (in the web interface). However, if you just use the user name as is you won't be allowed access. Instead you have to add "_hipserv2_netgear_XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX" after the user name (replace the X's with your actual product key). For my example I will use my name Lenny as the user name and all X's for the product key. Any user with the administrator access flagged in the Netgear Stora web panel will have the ability to use the sudo command to gain root access.

From what I can tell this is just a lame attempt by the developers to keep the general public form being able to shell into the device while still allowing themselves to get in for debugging / testing. It looks like the distribution of linux packaged with the Netgear Stora is shipped with a custom SSH server that appends a string including the product keys to the authorized user list.

Maybe you can assist me. I just got a Stora and had it set up. I could not add any users except the admin. In the OpenStora forum it stated the issue may be Access Patrol Service. So I tried the final step as instructed.

Well i messed up and missed a whole section. Now I get a constant blinking blue power light, any recommendations on how to correct this. I cant get into the SSH or even an ip address. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone know how to use the Stora for just a plain and simple network drive without all the stora crap?

I cant log into my stora as I cant remember my username and password and when I try to register it during the setup with the name I thought I gave it its incorrect.

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