Hacks & Tutorials

Here is a complete list of links to hacks and howto's for the Western Digital MyBook World Edition.

Getting In

• Martin Hiner SSH hack (Source Code)
• MyBook-linux SSH hack (Source code available in FAQ)
• Windows Telnet

Tips & Modifications

• Sudo - fix it !
• leds - play with leds ^^ !
• Lighthttp the webserver - Serve contents of a 'share' over HTTP
• Enabling rsync server for file synchronisation
• Enabling it as a NFS server
• Making a MyBook cool and quiet - Replacing HW monitoring scripts with more clever and tuned-in versions, and other hacks
• SCP file access, a secure and easy alternative to FTP
• Encrypted-Filesystem for the paranoid.
• Howto add memory html monitor on MBWE - Add a html memory monitor
• Rsnapshot for file backups
• Setting up a Print Server - Install and configure CUPS
• Firefly (mt-daapd) streaming music server for iTunes and the Roku SoundBridge

Check for Firmware upgrade

Note: Make sure to see the Firmware 2.00.15 page for a general description of the upgrade process

• 2-disk Edition FW 01.01.18
• 1-disk Edition FW 01.01.18
• 2-disk Edition FW 02.00.15
• 1-disk Edition FW 02.00.15

Installing Applications

Note: optware is in many cases the easiest and by far fastest way to install applications

• Dokuwiki
• gkrellmd - A cool looking system monitoring tool (support thread)
• IRC Eggdrop
• Logrotate
• MediaTomb (UPnP MediaServer)
• MySQL
• Nano
• NCDU NCDU Forum Post
• PHP
• Rtorrent Note: has been reported to hang on big files during hash check. (FIX HERE)
• Samba
• Screen
• net-snmp - Discussion thread here.
• Transmission - Discussion thread here.
• TwonkyMedia
• Ushare (UPnP MediaServer)
• vsftpd

Modifying the Hardware

Adding a serial link : Modifying hardware by Herve GALMICHE
Here is the dump of boot process on serial and here is if entering debug mode.

Open the MyBook World Edition and Remove the Hard drive

"How to" with Pictures Open and Remove Drive from MyBook WE.pdf

Complete reinstall

• with a backup (discuss)
• How to Revive Western Digital Mybook World Edition - Complete walkthru from attaching serial for debricking to installing Debian to internal flash