Thin Client HP T5325 Debian installation on SATA HDD

This project transforms quite useless HP Thin Client T5325 into full desktop running Debian 8 system, with additional SATA HDD for storage.

Video is around an hour-long, so grab a coffee or a beer.
I followed the steps from this article, you can use Google translate to translate from Russian
https://habr.com/ru/post/260631/

Steps we took are:
1. Gain access to the ThinClient by soldering USB to Serial interface and SATA interface for the HDD.
2. Change uBoot environments to boot from the SATA HDD rather than FLASH CHIP, which will execute the installation process.
3. Prepare EXT2 partition on the HDD and copy Debian installation images into the HDD.
4. Execute the Debian 8 installation from the HDD.
5. Adjust the uBoot environment to point to the new installation location.
6. Activate the video driver so it can produce display rather than running headless.
7. Unsolder everything and make

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