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That reminds me of a blog post where the author managed to run Linux on an HDD, that is, not only using the HDD as the storage media for a Linux install, but in

That reminds me of a blog post where the author managed to run Linux on an HDD, that is, not only using the HDD as the storage media for a Linux install, but instead running the kernel on the HDD's internal IO controller, SOC inside the HDD that actually runs the plates and everything. Unfortunately I could never find that post again, because all searches for running Linux on HDD return obvious results for using the HDD as an install media, not as the computer.

MHordecki 4y ago
Here: http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1 http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1
cj 4y ago
"install linux on hdd firmware" led me to this Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6059do/how_to_run_linux_on_your_hard_disk_firmware/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6059do/how_to_run_li... which links to this blog post: http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1 http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1
sandos 4y ago
I was amazed by the linux-running sdcards.
- vidarh 4y ago
  You're thinking of the Transcend Wifi cards? [1] The ones running a web server and Perl CGI's.... [1] http://haxit.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/hacking-transcend-wifi-sd-cards.html http://haxit.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/hacking-transcend-wifi-...
galangalalgol 4y ago
The author left off peripherals too. There are microcontrollers that can be hacked in many mice, keyboards, and monitors. Anything that uses usb for more than power has at least a microcontroller, and anything that uses usb2 or later almost certainly has an arm processor in it.
- fest 4y ago
  Cypress FX2 USB interface chip (usb 2.0 high speed) actually has an embedded 8051 core in it. They did finally upgrade it (to arm9, sigh) for their USB3 variant of the chip.
- dfox 4y ago
  Cheap mass-produced USB peripheral chips tend to contain x51 core for control and some kind of high-performace datapath full of DMA and FIFOs for the actual data if the peripheral in question actually needs to move large amounts of data around. Having ARM core in there is somewhat rare because of the costs (both in terms of the IP license and in terms of silicon footprint).
hinkley 4y ago
I want to run PostgreSQL directly on a RAID controller.

MHordecki 4y ago

Here: http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1 http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1

cj 4y ago

"install linux on hdd firmware" led me to this Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6059do/how_to_run_linux_on_your_hard_disk_firmware/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6059do/how_to_run_li... which links to this blog post: http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1 http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack&page=1

sandos 4y ago

I was amazed by the linux-running sdcards.

vidarh 4y ago
You're thinking of the Transcend Wifi cards? [1] The ones running a web server and Perl CGI's.... [1] http://haxit.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/hacking-transcend-wifi-sd-cards.html http://haxit.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/hacking-transcend-wifi-...

galangalalgol 4y ago

The author left off peripherals too. There are microcontrollers that can be hacked in many mice, keyboards, and monitors. Anything that uses usb for more than power has at least a microcontroller, and anything that uses usb2 or later almost certainly has an arm processor in it.

fest 4y ago
Cypress FX2 USB interface chip (usb 2.0 high speed) actually has an embedded 8051 core in it. They did finally upgrade it (to arm9, sigh) for their USB3 variant of the chip.
dfox 4y ago
Cheap mass-produced USB peripheral chips tend to contain x51 core for control and some kind of high-performace datapath full of DMA and FIFOs for the actual data if the peripheral in question actually needs to move large amounts of data around. Having ARM core in there is somewhat rare because of the costs (both in terms of the IP license and in terms of silicon footprint).

hinkley 4y ago

I want to run PostgreSQL directly on a RAID controller.