Thanks for posting this guide.

Being a Linux newb I had a bit of a problem with step one though.

It took quite a bit of searching to figure out how to install BOINC. I finally found the correct command which is (for any other newbs out there):
sh boinc_5.10.28_i686-pc-linux-gnu.sh

I also got some errors like

tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
gunzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
gunzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--length error
gunzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

the first few times I tried to install it until I forced WinSCP to transfer the BOINC file to my IpCop box in binary mode. WinSCP seems to default to text mode for .sh files when set to auto.

My Ipcop is happily crunching away now.

Black Beard