Category Archives: Emedded Devices

Very small things that go beep in the night.

Taking Charge of a Seagate FreeAgent Dockstar; Part 2

In Part 1, I went through the procedure I used to take control of a Seagate Freeagent Dockstar, most of which involved streamlining instructions from other sources. Now that the Dockstar has been tamed, it’s time to teach it to … Continue reading

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Taking Charge of a Seagate FreeAgent Dockstar; Part 1

The Seagate FreeAgent Dockstar is a small ARM-based embedded computer based on the Marvell Sheevaplug design.  It is quite easy to reflash the ROM so that it boots Linux from a USB device.  Back in December of 2010, the price … Continue reading

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