It had to be done:

admin@TERASTATION:~$ uname -a
Linux TERASTATION 2.4.20_mvl31-ppc_linkstation #15 Tue May 31 10:18:19 JST 2005 ppc unknown

w00t!

Transferring that new, hacked up firmware image makes for a scary couple minutes, however. It was a nail biter, especially when the progress meter stopped midway through. But I couldn't help myself; I had to tinker.

There's just so much more I can do with it now that it is running an ssh server. Like, adding a radio transmitter to it. Screwing with the web server so I can stream MP3s. Poking at all the Perl scripts under the web admin GUI. Adding NFS kernel patches. Fun stuff.

For now, though, I have to go submit the box's BogoMips rating to the Linux doc guys. I already gave 'em numbers for my AOL touchscreen thing and the cash register. Can't stop now...