hno 1258764521|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Linuear/RAID is unrelated to MBR. I see no reason why linear woud not work in your setup if RAID did..
The Linear/RAID mode selection is done by using the existing partitions. The MBR problems you think of only arises when the RAID is at disk level (whole disk, partition table within the RAID).
Glenstr 1258761805|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I will check out the Cobian backup, right now I am using microsofts RichCopy, which works pretty good and has a syncing function.
Out of curiosity, what type of 2tb drive did you put in? Don't these drives have some type of "green" low power type drive in them?
Glenstr, 1258761805|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
hno 1258761020|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Unfortunately the firmware do not provide a good "wipe clean" function.
The closest you have via the interface is to toggle between linear & RAID Mode, removing any accounts added by you and finally doing a reset.
And as already noted, installing fresh with new drives is not the easiest task, especially considering that the instructions on the rescue page is not entirely correct as it does not create the proper raid signatures which the MBWE II needs for the RAID to work properly. Probably fixable by toggling between linear & RAID Mode in the web interface, but not sure (my unit is the single drive one).
hno 1258760485|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Any USB->SATA enclosure or adapter should work fine, and much easier than trying to mount the HDD internally in some computer.
But if you have not tweaked anything and a reset does not work then chances are pretty high that the ethernet port have failed not the software.. assuming you have already verified ethernet cables etc..
hno 1258759702|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
You can find all the 1.1.18 files in the recovery archive found from this site.
May even be a backup in your box as an ext2 filesystem image in /var/lib/rootfs.ext2 but depends on the past history of your unit..
anpe008 1258752636|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I double checked it and I have Version 4.4.9w as well.
TeinturMan 1258745223|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hi,
- Regarding backup of your computer to the Mybook, i personnally use "Cobian backup" it is able to perform two kind of backup :
synchro, from one folder to another
and backup as zip files in differential mode…
- Use the Twonky media server only if you need it , ( if you want to stream to a upnp/dlna tv for example ) this protocol is becoming a standard,
and more and more devices are compatible, where very few are able to connect to a network drive…
- Yes it can be replaced by a bigger disk ( i have tested it with a 2TB disk ) , you can use the MybookClone featurepack (http://highlevelbits.free.fr) to synchronize the internal disk to an external disk ( including the system) so that in case of HDD failure, you only have to replace the internal drive by the external one…
Regards,
TeinturMan, 1258745223|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
angiolin 1258742825|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I'm going to reduce the number of simultaneous peer. I'll be back with the results.
Glenstr 1258739294|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I just hooked up my new drive, and after a bit of playing managed to create some folders on it to hold my various types of media, ie dvd iso's, video_ts folders, divx, jpegs, mov, avi etc. I'm also going to use it as a backup for documents etc.
I didn't use the included cd for discovery, but found the ip address from my router then just used the web interface. One interesting thing I noticed that when it was saving some settings and (I assume) rebooting, it would not load the next page. It turned out when rebooting is was assigned another ip address from the dhcp server on my router (WRT54GL running dd-wrt). Assigning it a static address fixed this.
My first question is about syncing. I have a 500gb drive on my main pc that I store my digital photos on in an "images" folder, and I want to have this directory sync with my "images" directory on the mybook so I have two copies and for other pc's to have access to them all the time. From what I have read the included backup software is slow and clunky. I am running XP on this particular pc, but my wifes laptop will also want to sync some folders, and it has Vista on it. Someone suggested using microsofts free SyncToy to do this, as it is fast as user friendly. I also see that there us syncing software on this site. I was also even considering running some simple batch files using xcopy or something like that. Suggestions?
Second question: one of the main purposes of this drive is to serve media to my Asus O!PLAY media server. I also plan on adding more networked media players for other sets, either another o!play, or perhaps the wdtv live or the onw patriot makes. My Asus unit plays anything I can point it to on my folders from networked pc's. Do I even need to bother with the media server component on the mybook? is it advantageous to do so?
Third question: can the drive be replaced if decide to put in a 1.5tb drive? If I hook up another terabyte usb drive to this can I then have it sync with the internal drive, like kind of a quasi-mirroring setup? If I get another mybook world edition drive for my network can I have the two sync up?
thanks!
JpgOrganizer 1258734634|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hi,
i've made a silly script error and at the end my /bin/rm was overwritten.
I'm using MBWE blue ring with firmware 01.01.18. Could someone with the same firmware please upload this file?
and perhaps you can give me the owner, group and the rights for the file. Assuming it is user=root, group=root, rights=755. But who knows :-)
Best way is to give me the output of ls -l /bin/rm
Many thanks in advance
JpgOrganizer
MBWE II (blue rings), 2x 500 GB in Raid 1 mode
Firmware 01.01.18
Hacks: SSH, spindown
Applications: optware, dokuwiki, nightly backup script
Alein 1258730549|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hi I need to have DNS server on MB. I was trying djbdns, but even after successful compilation with daemontool it is still very tricky to run.I am able to run service dnscache only. So next on the list was bind, but this one in not even able to run.
My question is . Did anyone of you install any DNS server on WD?
imluke 1258725374|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I have exactly the same issue. All started when I upgrade to the last firmware version. I'm also using Transmission 1.76. The disk freeze, and the only thing I can do to start it again is to shut it down by pressing the power button and starting it again, it's really annoying.
Does anyone know something about it?
Thanks.
Lucas.
koliii 1258719114|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hello,
I recently bought my MBWE II and I am very happy with it :)
But I am facing one problem with the vsftpd configuration and after many hours of testing, searching and scratching my head, I am stuck.
I configured that local users has access to jailed folder and all works fine, but I would like to restrict the access to SSH for them.
I tried this:
1. Edit the /etc/passwd and change /bin/sh to /bin/false or /bin/true or /sbin/nologin. This block the SSH and FTP access, so it doesn't do the trick.
2. Edit the /etc/ssh_config to use the AllowUser, DenyUser, ..Group.. and etc, but none of them worked as expected, later I saw that this version of openBSD / openSsh doesn't support those.
Do you have any other suggestions that may help me define users that are allowed to login to the FTP, but not SSH?
Thank you in advance,
Best regards,
bluerings 1258711881|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hello Puppeteer, thanks for the reply.
I feel a bit ashamed it was a bit stupid question I realized after I sent the post (I'm browsing this site for quite some time but didn't catch what). :)
So it's good to hear that it's brickable…hackable. :)
I visit the shop today, we'll see. I use RAID, so it'll be only 1T instead of 1.5T - compared to if I bought two single 1.5TB disks, but anyway at least I have two hardware shell, disks can change anytime.
br
ariznaf 1258705697|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Great, thank you.
Now I think that I could restore my mybook webserver to its original state and then install your software correctly.
And then configure it as I want it to work (I don't like 3210 port, as many ports are close in the firewall in my University).
Regards.
ariznaf
ariznaf, 1258705697|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
cyberhobo 1258690460|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Thanks so much, I would never have discovered AWS or made it through the setup without this guide! My first sync is currently running.
Steps where I hit snags:
ssh complained about the lax permissions on my identity file, so I had to:
$ chmod 600 id_rsa-gsg-keypair
The ami-1a5db973 AMI works for me in the US, but I had to add SSH to my default security group before I could connect to it. In the Management Console, click Security Groups on the left, select default, and add the SSH connection method as a custom rule.
The volume needed to be formatted. I'd recommend just following the help for Volumes to accomplish this.
I replaced /home/gordon in one instance of a path to the id_rsa-gsg-keypair file. The others used a ~, which didn't work in the script, maybe because of my shell configuration. I just made them all /home/<me>/.ec2/id_rsa-gsg-keypair.
It takes about a seven tries to get console output. I thought maybe it wasn't working, but I was just impatient.
I'm not sure if the aws detach-volume command is working. I get output like:
+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Code | Message |
+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| InvalidParameterValue | Value (i-7dec8015) for parameter volume is invalid. Expected: 'vol-...'. |
+-----------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Does it matter?
That's all. It helped to be familiar with Linux and shell scripting to fix the snags. I've never used rsync before though, or AWS, and I wouldn't have gotten through it without the guide!
The Puppeteer 1258683027|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Yes, it's hackable, and much easier than the blue ring. This drive is known as the white light. Check the white light forum for more info.
bluerings 1258682542|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
One more for the day… Sorry if this was already a topic - please help me with some link if so.
The question is what's your experience with the "My Book World Edition II"? http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=588
I have an 500GB MBWE I, and I'm planning to either upgrade this with bigger HDDs or buy the above MBWE II. Since there's not too much difference between the two prices, I'm open to buy the new one.
So:
- the most important: is this hackable? :)
- where can I find some technical specifications? Ideally information like CPU and memory (to compare if it's stronger than the MBWE I)
- any experience you've had
thanks, br
lmnca 1258673511|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
One thing I forgot to mention: it's the unmodified, out-of-the-box MBWE blue ring 500GO disk: I haven't tweaked it or anything, not even to upgrade the firmware.
TeinturMan 1258672339|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hi Ariznaf,
the original lighttpd.conf is there :
http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/local--files/web-server/lighttpd.conf.ori
the lighttpd.conf with web_server configured is there :
http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/local--files/web-server/lighttpd_withoutphp.conf
Regards,
TeinturMan, 1258672339|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
