Howdy,
I've spent some time over the past year working on adapting the device tree for the the Linkstation 421DE found here to work with the Vanilla Kernel provided by Debian Stretch and also adapt it for the other Armada-370 Buffalo devices. Using these device trees along with the ssh-based network-console installer image provided by Debian it is now possible to install Debian Stretch on these devices fairly easily.
I've published the necessary files and instructions to Github:
https://github.com/1000001101000/Debian_on_Buffalo
I've created device trees and tested for the following devices:
Linkstation LS210
Linkstation LS220DE
Linkstation LS410
Linkstation LS420D
Linkstation LS421DE
Linkstation LS441DE
Terastation TS1200D
Terastation TS1400D
Terastation TS1400R
I'm currently working on making similar device trees for Debian Buster but there are issues with the Debian Kernels 4.17+ that have stalled that work somewhat. If someone is interested in trying those with the 4.18 kernel/MVEBU package in the meantime, let me know (they should work).
I've spent some time over the past year working on adapting the device tree for the the Linkstation 421DE found here to work with the Vanilla Kernel provided by Debian Stretch and also adapt it for the other Armada-370 Buffalo devices. Using these device trees along with the ssh-based network-console installer image provided by Debian it is now possible to install Debian Stretch on these devices fairly easily.
I've published the necessary files and instructions to Github:
https://github.com/1000001101000/Debian_on_Buffalo
I've created device trees and tested for the following devices:
Linkstation LS210
Linkstation LS220DE
Linkstation LS410
Linkstation LS420D
Linkstation LS421DE
Linkstation LS441DE
Terastation TS1200D
Terastation TS1400D
Terastation TS1400R
I'm currently working on making similar device trees for Debian Buster but there are issues with the Debian Kernels 4.17+ that have stalled that work somewhat. If someone is interested in trying those with the 4.18 kernel/MVEBU package in the meantime, let me know (they should work).