I recently tried to attach an external USB drive 1 TB...which the Linkstation
HD-HLAN160, (or similar) could not mount.  I then manually formated a 500GB EXT3
partition using Gparted...and the Linkstation could not mount it.  Is it just
too big?  Anything (within reason) that can be done to use this external drive
with my full linkstation?

And sort of related...Is it worth my effort to attempt to put in a larger drive
inside the Linkstation, or at 5 years old, should I just replace it?

Hi

I've tried a search and don't get much information.

Whats the biggest HDD I can swap the 250GB one I have to?  Is there an upper
limit the hardware can control or just the limit it's hard to get anything
greater than 500gb in IDE form any more?

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/1293/wipk.jpg
http://img70.yfrog.com/img70/881/firefly.png
http://img70.yfrog.com/img70/5901/fireplay.png

http://www.mediafire.com/file/mhactmymmz0/LS-DHGL_FW_225-shmod5.rar

Firmware 2.25

Fixed missing de.js for bittorrent for german users that buffalo didnt include
Had a quick mess with the firefly interface to try and make it slightly less
ugly/more functional
Removed unneeded files in firefly interface folder
Added FirePlay
Changed firefly scan time to 24 hours

ip:9025 = FireFly
ip:8080 = Bittorrent
ip:9000 = WebAxis
ip:9050 = Twonky

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/1293/wipk.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/?jtdkyjwyvow

Firmware 2.24

Either reset to defaults after the update
or turn turn off any services you dont need
as /etc/melco/info doesnt get overwritten unless is doesnt exist
so all services will be default on after the update

Twonky 4.4.18
Added Firefly for people wanting to stream to iTunes/roku WebConfig = ip:9025
l=mt-daapd p=password
Added Twonky stop/start in web menu (remembers setting after reboot)
Added SSH stop/start in web menu (remembers setting after reboot)
Added Telnet stop/start in web menu (remembers setting after reboot)
Added Firefly start/stop in web menu (iTunes)

I have an old PPC Linkstation that is somewhat broken... (search the
archives for my name to see the nature of the problems).  I am cleaning
house, and am willing to give this machine to anyone who will pay the
shipping.

I'm in the US, and I'm guessing that will be about $10-$15 in the US,
maybe $25 overseas.  That's just a guess, so don't hold me to that.

The unit is in physically good condition.  I replaced the fan, and will
include the original fan if it's still in the box.

I am offering it without hard drive, and without any promise that it
will work.  I can accept payment via PayPal.

Is anyone interested?  If so, please reply off-list.

Chris

Hi,

I see on the Buffalo website there are two different versions of the
LS Pro - one old model which seems to have Firmware 1.15, which is the
one I have, and a new model with larger drives with FW 1.20.  Does
anyone know if the firmware is interchangeable (I think I know the
answer already).  I would like to use the Buffalo Bit torrent client.

Thanks.
Andrew.

 

Hi there,

I just bought a network music player and wanted to install a media server on my Linkstation. As far as I know, it's the PPC one.
For the installation I need root access. But I have a newer firmware on it. So I would like to downgrade but I don't have the file.
Could anybody provide me firmware lower or equal to 1.45?

Or is there any other way to get root access?

Cheers,

Eric

-- John Euinton
Sun Microsystems - Proactive Services
Tel. (mobile): 07796 274771
Email: john.euinton@...
http://uk.sun.com/proactive-services/

As I recall, you can take advantage of the fact that the webroot
directory is completely insecure on these things to execute arbitrary
scripts. I copied /etc/passwd to my main storage directory, edited it to
do something to the root password, and then used a script to copy it
back. Worked well.

grashnaknieswurz wrote:
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I just bought a network music player and wanted to install a media
> server on my Linkstation. As far as I know, it's the PPC one.
> For the installation I need root access. But I have a newer firmware
> on it. So I would like to downgrade but I don't have the file.
> Could anybody provide me firmware lower or equal to 1.45?
>
> Or is there any other way to get root access?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eric
>
>

Hi there,

I just bought a network music player and wanted to install a media server on my
Linkstation. As far as I know, it's the PPC one.
For the installation I need root access. But I have a newer firmware on it. So I
would like to downgrade but I don't have the file.
Could anybody provide me firmware lower or equal to 1.45?

Or is there any other way to get root access?

Cheers,

Eric

Hi,

I need to copy all rsync related files to my IOMEGA 250G NAS. Could somebody
with a PPC based linkstation LS do the following

ldd rsync

then attach rsync and all those .so files it depends on.

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Hello,

I have a LS-CL 650 F/W 1.02 and have searched the wiki site for
details of how to install OpenLink, but couldn't find any details.

Could somebody answers a few questions, please?

1> Is OpenLink compatible with LS-CL 650?

2> Is it PowerPc or MIPSel?

3> Is it possible to install Bit Torrent SDK?

Thanks

Darren

I used Twonkyvision successfully on my Linkstation for several years. After having to rebuild my Linkstation following a drive failure I installed firefly rather than twonkyvision. I now have a need to run Twonky again.

I downloaded the NAS installer from Twonky's website (see Link below). It appears to install ok and I can see the twonkymedia processes running. However, I cannot open the web page or connect from my media player (BT Internet Radio). netstat -an shows that the LS is listening on port 9000.

http://www.twonkyforum.com/unsupported/4.4.11/twonkymedia-linkstation-v2-mipsel-4.4.11-20090108.zip

- Has anybody else og this working?
- Have I missed something?
- Does anybody have an older version of Twonky NAS installer? (I'm sorry I cannot remember which version of Twonky I had running before).

(Note, I have a key for Twonky).

-- John Euinton
Sun Microsystems - Proactive Services
Tel. (mobile): 07796 274771
Email: john.euinton@...
http://uk.sun.com/proactive-services/

I used Twonkyvision successfully on my Linkstation for several years. After
having to rebuild my Linkstation following a drive failure I installed firefly
rather than twonkyvision. I now have a need to run Twonky again.

I downloaded the NAS installer from Twonky's website (see Link below). It
appears to install ok and I can see the twonkymedia processes running. However,
I cannot open the web page or connect from my media player (BT Internet Radio).
netstat -an shows that the LS is listening on port 9000.

http://www.twonkyforum.com/unsupported/4.4.11/twonkymedia-linkstation-v2-mipsel-\
4.4.11-20090108.zip

- Has anybody else og this working?
- Have I missed something?
- Does anybody have an older version of Twonky NAS installer? (I'm sorry I
cannot remember which version of Twonky I had running before).

(Note, I have a key for Twonky).

Gerardo Gomez said the following on 5/19/2009 11:11 PM:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a Linkstation HD250. I cannot turn it on again, I am guessing
> that there was some power failure and it blew up the internal power
> supply. I managed to open the enclosure and rescued the Hard Drive
> which is a Wester Digital WD2500. I hooked it up to a USB Drive
> Adaptor and it started spinning, step one: sucess...  Step two: I
> attached the usb to my laptop (Windows Vista) and it recognized the
> hard drive, however it does not assign a drive letter and the storage
> manager does not allow you to assign a letter.


So far, so good.  You might have better luck if you open your PC and
slave the drive.  Might have to tell BIOS there is a new drive.  Oh,
wait, you have a laptop.  The USB will have to do.


Windows is not going to recognize the drive.  Sure, Disk Manager can see
it, but not Explorer or File Manager.  Because the drive is formatted as
whatever Linksys uses (I forget a name and there are choices) and
Windows can read FAT and NTFS.


> I have read that this drive may have a disk controler for linux. I do
> not have a linux operating system so I found an applicatio called
> explore2fs that can read a hard drive however our friends from
> Buffalo inserted the 'magic number', I know that Fix ext2 magic would
> fix this but I have not found a program like that for my windows
> vista laptop.

Get a copy of Ubuntu.  Or some other flavor of 'nix.  Something that can
boot from the CD.  No installing and screwing up of your laptop needed.
   Then just copy all your stuff over to your C:\.  Making a folder
beforehand on the Desktop may make it all easier.

Should work.  Tho I have no idea if the USB stuff will work.

If the disk has a lot of stuff, it  will take a while.



>
> Anybody has any suggestions on how to rescue my data using my Windows
> laptop? Should I try to run linux on it just to rescue my data?
>
> Thanks for your help and time,
>
> Gerardo.
>
>


paul

--
_____________________________________
     http://remsset.com


     Not tonight, dear.  I have a modem.

Hi Geraldo,

you're best option is probably to get a bootable linux disk, google should bring
up half a dozen options.

I tend to use the latest live version of openSuSE (from www.openuse.org), but
that's just a personal preference.

If I remember correctly only the boot partition has a skewed magic number, the
data partition (no. 3) has a normal magic number and should be mountable without
the fix utility. (in any event the OS runs in RAM and you can install new
software, it just wont be there when you reboot).

If you have another NAS just mount a share and copy the data. There is plenty of
info on the 'net covering basic unix style commands to guide you.

Peter

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "Gerardo Gomez" <gomitosg@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have a Linkstation HD250. I cannot turn it on again, I am guessing that
there was some power failure and it blew up the internal power supply. I managed
to open the enclosure and rescued the Hard Drive which is a Wester Digital
WD2500. I hooked it up to a USB Drive Adaptor and it started spinning, step one:
sucess...  Step two: I attached the usb to my laptop (Windows Vista) and it
recognized the hard drive, however it does not assign a drive letter and the
storage manager does not allow you to assign a letter.
>
> I have read that this drive may have a disk controler for linux. I do not have
a linux operating system so I found an applicatio called explore2fs that can
read a hard drive however our friends from Buffalo inserted the 'magic number',
I know that Fix ext2 magic would fix this but I have not found a program like
that for my windows vista laptop.
>
> Anybody has any suggestions on how to rescue my data using my Windows laptop?
Should I try to run linux on it just to rescue my data?
>
> Thanks for your help and time,
>
> Gerardo.
>

Hi All,

I have a Linkstation HD250. I cannot turn it on again, I am guessing that there
was some power failure and it blew up the internal power supply. I managed to
open the enclosure and rescued the Hard Drive which is a Wester Digital WD2500.
I hooked it up to a USB Drive Adaptor and it started spinning, step one:
sucess...  Step two: I attached the usb to my laptop (Windows Vista) and it
recognized the hard drive, however it does not assign a drive letter and the
storage manager does not allow you to assign a letter.

I have read that this drive may have a disk controler for linux. I do not have a
linux operating system so I found an applicatio called explore2fs that can read
a hard drive however our friends from Buffalo inserted the 'magic number', I
know that Fix ext2 magic would fix this but I have not found a program like that
for my windows vista laptop.

Anybody has any suggestions on how to rescue my data using my Windows laptop?
Should I try to run linux on it just to rescue my data?

Thanks for your help and time,

Gerardo.

Hi Markus

In Windows the local directory is always checked for the command and then your
path. In Linux the local directory is never checked only the path.

In order to run a script in Linux that isn't in the path you must explicitly
state where it is. The short hand for the local directory is "./", so run:

sh:./install_a-version

P

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "markus.marb" <markus.marb@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> i want to install the 8USB extension on my Linkstation pro, but it seems i am
to stupid to do.
>
> I downloaded the A-Version package, but if i want to install by executing the
script
>
> install_a-version
>
> i got the error message
>
> sh: install_a-version: command not found
>
>
> How can i run the script?
>
>
> Can anyone help me please. Thanks in advance
>
>
> Markus
>

Hello,

i want to install the 8USB extension on my Linkstation pro, but it seems i am to
stupid to do.

I downloaded the A-Version package, but if i want to install by executing the
script

install_a-version

i got the error message

sh: install_a-version: command not found


How can i run the script?


Can anyone help me please. Thanks in advance


Markus

Hi,

Have you got the drive in or did you need help with removing the old drive and
fitting the new one?

On the software side, when the new drive was installed (with no
partitions/formatting), the Linkstation booted into recovery mode, and usually
got an IP address from the DHCP server on the router/DHCP agent running on the
network.  You then ran the LS Updater a couple of times on the unit, and it
reinstalled the OS for you.

Thanks.
Andrew.

-----Original Message-----
From: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pat Hall
Sent: 03 April 2009 19:21
To: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LinkStation_General] Replace HD on LS-500GL?

I've had a drive crash and it needs to be replaced. Can anyone point me in
the right direction? Searched the group, but found no results.  Thanks!



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I've had a drive crash and it needs to be replaced. Can anyone point me in
the right direction? Searched the group, but found no results.  Thanks!

Hi

I the above Linkstation with firmware 2.11 running sharing multimedia content
with my PS3. I am using Tversity do do this and it works very well, but need to
keep my PC switched on!

From what I can gather, Twonkymedia will resolve the "keeping PC switched on"
issue, but the set up looks rather scary! I have seen posts referring to turning
off the firewall during installation (which is fine) and enabling Telnet at both
ends. I can't seem to find any reference to telnet in the linkstation
configuration though.

I would like to buy Twonkymedia and give it a go, but was wondering if anyone
knows of a step by step guide for configuring my particular NAS?

Any help/advice will be very much appreciated.

Kev