DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

hi,

Ok I settled by installing Gentoo. However I see all the guides jumping right into the installation. But what is it required FIRST in order to do so? I mean I need in someway to access inside the router in order to issue commands. Am I not supposed to flash it first?

Ok I am looking at this page and it isn't very clear... http://dns323.kood.org/dsmg600/howto:chroot_gentoo

Like these steps:



   

1.
      ln -s /mnt/HD_a2/bzip2 /mnt/HD_a2/bzcat
   2.
      mkdir /mnt/HD_a2/gentoo
   3.
      cd /mnt/HD_a2/gentoo
   4.
      /mnt/HD_a2/bzcat stage3-ppc-uclibc-2005.0.tar.bz2 | /mnt/HD_a2/tar -xvpf -
   5.
      cd /mnt/HD_a2/gentoo/usr
   6.
      /mnt/HD_a2/bzcat portage-latest.tar.bz2 | /mnt/HD_a2/tar -xvf -
   7.
      mount -o bind /dev /mnt/HD_a2/gentoo/dev
   8.
      mount -t proc none /mnt/HD_a2/gentoo/proc
   9.
      cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/HD_a2/gentoo/etc/
  10.
      /mnt/HD_a2/chroot /mnt/HD_a2/gentoo /bin/bash
  11.
      env-update && source /etc/profile
  12.
      rc-update add net.eth0 default
  13.
      rc-update add dropbear default
  14.
      passwd root

Like first step "ln -s ...". "ln" from where to where? Am I supposed to partition first the hard drive? How on earth am I supposed to access the router? Is not that the installation will magically jump inside  the DSM-G600

Please I need some help in clarifying this thing so I can get started.

thanks