Was this a bad Idea

[Puddlez]

I recently purchased an Hp MV2100 series NAS off the facebook marketplace FOR CHEAP(came with 2 1tb drives all for $30). Ive been wanting to make a NAS server, and thought this would be a fun toy. Ive been messing around with it for a couple hours now, and so far this thing is oudated, and hot garbage. Anyone know if there's a way I could flash new software onto this, or anything I can do with this to make it usable?????

[Electronics Wizardy]

Looks like its running linux, can you get a shell?

 

Seems to be possible to get a serial port added to it.

 

But since its not x86 its gonna be a pain to get any modern os working on it.

[AbsoluteFool]

5 hours ago, Puddlez said:

I recently purchased an Hp MV2100 series NAS off the facebook marketplace FOR CHEAP(came with 2 1tb drives all for $30). Ive been wanting to make a NAS server, and thought this would be a fun toy. Ive been messing around with it for a couple hours now, and so far this thing is oudated, and hot garbage. Anyone know if there's a way I could flash new software onto this, or anything I can do with this to make it usable?????

Expensive scrap metal for sure.

[Puddlez]

On 5/11/2020 at 2:37 AM, Electronics Wizardy said:

Looks like its running linux, can you get a shell?

 

Seems to be possible to get a serial port added to it.

 

But since its not x86 its gonna be a pain to get any modern os working on it.

How would I go about adding a serial port? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

38 minutes ago, Puddlez said:

How would I go about adding a serial port? 

Can you show a picture of the board? normally there is a pinout on the board.

[Puddlez]

On 5/13/2020 at 11:28 AM, Electronics Wizardy said:

Can you show a picture of the board? normally there is a pinout on the board.

I do see a pin out near the cmos battery 

[dbx10]

I remember a friend of mine had the exact same problem, they added a proprietary connector to make sure people would have the hardest time connecting to the damn thing. Check ebay for adapter cables, some people have had all the headaches for you already.

http://k0lee.com/hpmediavault/levelshift.htm

Standard operational procedure for HP is to make everything proprietary and make absolutely sure to train the indian tech support dude to know nothing about your product but try to sell you a support plan over the phone. Nice little NAS, too bad it won't play ball even when you break in.