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#6124 From: "hyperkills" <hyperkills@...>
Date: Sat Aug 4, 2007 3:36 pm
Subject: Re: Asus WL-700gE Or LinkStation or linksys
hyperkills
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Hi thanks for that but it does seem the slug is easy to flash. The
asus comes with some features ready to use. The Linkstation seems the
hardest to flash and use.

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "Nat Fairbanks"
<Fairbanks@...> wrote:
>
> Being a linkstation owner I'm somewhat biased but I think a
> linkstation is the best choice by far.  A linksys slug is too
> expensive and under powered for it's capabilities.  A slug plus a
> decent usb enclosure costs almost as much as a Kurobox (which is a
> Linkstation sold without a hard drive).  I'm less familiar with the
> Asus router but from looking at it's reviews and stats it appears the
> new generation Linkstations are more powerful although the Asus router
> comes with the wireless router features.  The down side appears to be
> the web interface which is repeatedly refered to as difficult to use.
>
> The Linkstation default firmware is easy to use but wouldn't support
> bittorrent or a news reader.  With firmware from the linkstation wiki
> ( http://linkstationwiki.net ) you can get a very versatile linux box.
>  I'd say get the Linkstation first choice, Asus second and slug third.
>
> -Nat
>
>
> On 8/3/07, hyperkills <hyperkills@...> wrote:
> > --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "hyperkills"
> > <hyperkills@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi guys sorry for the first noob question but i was wondering
which of
> > > these to go for. I already have a wireless router im happy with so
> > > that feature of the Asus does not interest me. I think the
linkstation
> > > will be better but need some advice.
> > >
> > > I wanted Something to share files between Pcs, to access files
> > > remotely, to run a torrent client, to run a newsgroup client.
Maybe in
> > > the future run VOIP or perhaps a fax server or something.
> > >
> > > I have limited knowledge of Unix and have always been used to a
> > > graphical interface. How hard is setting up a linkstation going
to be
> > > for me and what version should i buy. Or should i stick to the Asus
> > > have only the torrent feature as that is what lead me here.
> >
> > Or should i go for the linksys unslug firmware.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

#6126 From: "spietak" <spietak@...>
Date: Sun Aug 5, 2007 8:47 pm
Subject: USB Disk
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I ran a backup from my linkstation 250 to the USB disk.  Once the
backup was complete, I enabled the USB disk as a shared folder,
disabled the backup settings, and rebooted everything.  According to
the documentation, the USB disk should show up as a shared folder on
the linkstation.  Unfortunately, this isn't working.  While the USB
disk appears to have the correct amount of data on it as a result of
the backup, I can't even get to the data in the event I wanted to
restore it.  I had the same problem about a year ago and gave up on
it.  However, I'm now determined to get this working properly.

Any thoughts?

#6127 From: Christopher Eykamp <chris@...>
Date: Mon Aug 6, 2007 8:48 am
Subject: Vexing LS1 hardware issue
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Hello,

I replaced the fan in LS1 (running Gentoo) and am experiencing a very
vexing issue.  When the machine is disassembled, it runs just fine, for
days on end, under heavy load, with no problems.  When I reassemble the
machine, however, it will only run for a short period (10 seconds to 45
minutes), and will almost always shut down under heavy load (bzipping
mpeg files is particularly good at triggering shutdown ;-). After it
shuts down, I must unplug it briefly, and let it sit for a little while
before it will restart.  The shutdown is sudden and uncontrolled.  No
logging, no nothing, just a sudden, instantaneous shutdown.

This would seem to indicate a heat issue, though I'm not sure enough
heat can build up in just 10 seconds to shut the machine down.  The new
fan is rated at 5CFM, and is rated at half the power draw of the old
one.  It seems to be running fine, both when assembled and when
disassembled.  The hard drive never gets above 45 C (based on hddtemp).

Any idea what is going on?

Thanks,

Chris

#6129 From: "Bernhard_H" <bernhard_h@...>
Date: Mon Aug 6, 2007 5:48 pm
Subject: Re: Anyone want to trade a Linkstation Live for my Linkstation Pro?
Bernhard_H
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "rmn1644" <rmn1644@...>
wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I have a 500gb Linkstation Pro, and would like to trade it to
someone with a Linkstation Live
> 500gb that would prefer a Pro.  Any takers?
>
> I have a Mac, and really want the ability to hold iTunes libraries
and the rest on my NAS.  I
> know there are some tricks to pull it off with the Pro, but frankly
don't want to fuss with
> something that is my backup device.
>
> Any takers, please contact me!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ryan
>

Just make your Pro to a Linkstation Live: update the firmware of your
LS Pro with the firmware for the LS Live (i used 2.06 downloaded from
the buffalo-site :)
Greetings
Bernhard

#6130 From: "musikgoat" <musikgoat@...>
Date: Tue Aug 7, 2007 12:52 am
Subject: Re: Vexing LS1 hardware issue
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Eykamp
<chris@...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I replaced the fan in LS1 (running Gentoo) and am experiencing a very
> vexing issue.  When the machine is disassembled, it runs just fine, for
> days on end, under heavy load, with no problems.  When I reassemble the
> machine, however, it will only run for a short period (10 seconds to 45
> minutes), and will almost always shut down under heavy load (bzipping
> mpeg files is particularly good at triggering shutdown ;-). After it
> shuts down, I must unplug it briefly, and let it sit for a little while
> before it will restart.  The shutdown is sudden and uncontrolled.  No
> logging, no nothing, just a sudden, instantaneous shutdown.
>
> This would seem to indicate a heat issue, though I'm not sure enough
> heat can build up in just 10 seconds to shut the machine down.  The new
> fan is rated at 5CFM, and is rated at half the power draw of the old
> one.  It seems to be running fine, both when assembled and when
> disassembled.  The hard drive never gets above 45 C (based on hddtemp).
>
> Any idea what is going on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>


Can you specifically correlate the issue to heat?  As in other parts
of the system.   If you put the device near an A/C or other very cool
area, can you get longer life?

I'm not quite sure what the issue could be other than that.  There
isn't any loose wires or anything close to ungrounded metal is there?

#6131 From: "musikgoat" <musikgoat@...>
Date: Tue Aug 7, 2007 12:56 am
Subject: Re: USB Disk
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "spietak" <spietak@...> wrote:
>
> I ran a backup from my linkstation 250 to the USB disk.  Once the
> backup was complete, I enabled the USB disk as a shared folder,
> disabled the backup settings, and rebooted everything.  According to
> the documentation, the USB disk should show up as a shared folder on
> the linkstation.  Unfortunately, this isn't working.  While the USB
> disk appears to have the correct amount of data on it as a result of
> the backup, I can't even get to the data in the event I wanted to
> restore it.  I had the same problem about a year ago and gave up on
> it.  However, I'm now determined to get this working properly.
>
> Any thoughts?
>

Which model do you have, the HD-H model should work fine in that
regard, depending on if you have the correct formatting.  I would
assume that due to the successful backup, that should not be a
problem.  EXT3 for the file system?

As for the LS-GL Pro model, its good to note that if the drive is
FAT32 that you can backup to it, but cannot share it with Buffalo's
firmware.  You will want to format the drive to EXT3 to get that
functionality.

regards,
goat

#6132 From: KeepIt SimpleStupid <keepitsimplestupid@...>
Date: Tue Aug 7, 2007 3:13 am
Subject: Re: Re: Vexing LS1 hardware issue
KeepItSimple...
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--- musikgoat <musikgoat@...> wrote:

> --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com,
> Christopher Eykamp
> <chris@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I replaced the fan in LS1 (running Gentoo) and am
> experiencing a very
> > vexing issue.  When the machine is disassembled,
> it runs just fine, for
> > days on end, under heavy load, with no problems.
> When I reassemble the
> > machine, however, it will only run for a short
> period (10 seconds to 45
> > minutes), and will almost always shut down under
> heavy load (bzipping
> > mpeg files is particularly good at triggering
> shutdown ;-). After it
> > shuts down, I must unplug it briefly, and let it
> sit for a little while
> > before it will restart.  The shutdown is sudden
> and uncontrolled.  No
> > logging, no nothing, just a sudden, instantaneous
> shutdown.
> >
> > This would seem to indicate a heat issue, though
> I'm not sure enough
> > heat can build up in just 10 seconds to shut the
> machine down.  The new
> > fan is rated at 5CFM, and is rated at half the
> power draw of the old
> > one.  It seems to be running fine, both when
> assembled and when
> > disassembled.  The hard drive never gets above 45
> C (based on hddtemp).
> >
> > Any idea what is going on?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chris
> >
>
>
> Can you specifically correlate the issue to heat?
> As in other parts
> of the system.   If you put the device near an A/C
> or other very cool
> area, can you get longer life?
>
> I'm not quite sure what the issue could be other
> than that.  There
> isn't any loose wires or anything close to
> ungrounded metal is there?
>
>
Could the fan be installed so the airflow is in the
wrong direction?



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#6135 From: "James Stewart" <wartstew@...>
Date: Tue Aug 7, 2007 10:40 pm
Subject: Re: Vexing LS1 hardware issue
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Eykamp
<chris@...> wrote:

> This would seem to indicate a heat issue, though I'm not sure enough
> heat can build up in just 10 seconds to shut the machine down.

That depends on if you let the unit completely cool off before
restarting it.  With a quick restart, the unit is probably still at an
elevated temperature and the heavy load of booting could quickly get
it past the limit.

I'm a little concerned why your unit would then be so sensitive to
overheating that the reduction to a 5CFM fan would cause a problem.
Did you install a new hard drive that runs hotter much hotter (and
takes more power from the power supply) than the old one.  My LS-1 had
a low-performing Samsung drive in it which ran quite cool and didn't
take much power.  I had to search around quite a bit to find a drive
that had comparable low heat and power requirements.  I finally ended
up with a single-platter 160-Gig Seagate.  Granted this wasn't much of
an upgrade over the 120-Gig Samsung, but I thought the Samsung was
getting tired after running for a few years.

I know people successfully put in bigger, more power consuming drives,
but I'm just being a long-term reliability nut with my LS.

It is also possible that since the your LS-1 is probably getting a
little old, the power supply might be getting weak as well, thus
starting to drop out of regulation under heavy load.  Perhaps you
could monitor the voltage, preferably with an oscilloscope, worse case
just replace the smaller sized (thus used at higher frequencies)
electrolytic capacitors in the power supply.  Make sure you use high
quality 105-degree(F) ones designed for switch-mode power supply
applications.

Finally, maybe it is a mechanical connection problem with your LS-1.
For example, maybe when assembled there is different stress on the
circuit board that could be causing a marginal solder connection to
fail slightly?

Good luck with this one.  It would be good to run some more tests to
determine if it is really heat related or not.  Try running the unit
in your refrigerator!

#6136 From: "bupkisxx" <bupkisxx@...>
Date: Wed Aug 8, 2007 3:16 pm
Subject: Cannot mount LS Pro share via AFP
bupkisxx
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Until today, neither of my two macs had any trouble mounting a share on my LS
pro via afp.

Suddenly today it doesn't work.  The AFP Client in the mac just hangs.  There's
no problem
mounting other shares on the LS via afp.  Just the one I want. :(  And there
doesn't seem to be
a problem mounting via SMB.

Any ideas?

#6137 From: "-" <javamarket@...>
Date: Wed Aug 8, 2007 10:49 pm
Subject: installed debian -lost share access from windows
javamarket
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Hello all,

I appears that during the install of debian, I lost share permissions
or access from the outside.

Is there anyone that can help me sort thru this - I'm relatively lost
in LINUX.

Thanks,
Mark

#6138 From: Christopher Eykamp <chris@...>
Date: Thu Aug 9, 2007 8:26 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Vexing LS1 hardware issue
eykamp
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Thanks to everyone who has responded so far to my overheating problem.  I say overheating because I am prepared to declare that is what the problem is.  I again disassembled the unit and confirmed that I could run it for several days without issue.  Then I turned it off, and let it sit for 12 hours in a cool room (c. 20C).  I reassembled the unit, checking carefully for any loose wires or cracks or anything else that might cause the system to fail when it was in a different physical configuration (and found no clues there).  The reassembled unit ran for c. 18 mins under heavy load, then failed.  I let it sit for about 1/2 hour, removed the gray "sheathing" to expose some holes in the case, and aimed a room fan on the unit.  I could not make it fail again.  Heat is almost certainly the culprit.

James: I did indeed replace the hard drive some time ago with one that may well run hotter.  However, I have kept the unit in a hot room and it ran without fail for months.  It was only when I replaced the fan that the failures started.  I noticed you mentioned that the 5CFM fan is a "reduction".  Do you have any idea what the original fan is rated for?

I may need to replace the fan again with a more powerful unit.  Alternatively, perhaps I can find a way to augment the cooling, perhaps by installing some sort of a heat sink.  Unfortunately, the construction of the unit makes that challenging.  Has anyone found alternative ways to cool their Linkstations?

Thanks,

Chris

James Stewart wrote:

--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Eykamp
<chris@...> wrote:

> This would seem to indicate a heat issue, though I'm not sure enough
> heat can build up in just 10 seconds to shut the machine down.

That depends on if you let the unit completely cool off before
restarting it. With a quick restart, the unit is probably still at an
elevated temperature and the heavy load of booting could quickly get
it past the limit.

I'm a little concerned why your unit would then be so sensitive to
overheating that the reduction to a 5CFM fan would cause a problem.
Did you install a new hard drive that runs hotter much hotter (and
takes more power from the power supply) than the old one. My LS-1 had
a low-performing Samsung drive in it which ran quite cool and didn't
take much power. I had to search around quite a bit to find a drive
that had comparable low heat and power requirements. I finally ended
up with a single-platter 160-Gig Seagate. Granted this wasn't much of
an upgrade over the 120-Gig Samsung, but I thought the Samsung was
getting tired after running for a few years.

I know people successfully put in bigger, more power consuming drives,
but I'm just being a long-term reliability nut with my LS.

It is also possible that since the your LS-1 is probably getting a
little old, the power supply might be getting weak as well, thus
starting to drop out of regulation under heavy load. Perhaps you
could monitor the voltage, preferably with an oscilloscope, worse case
just replace the smaller sized (thus used at higher frequencies)
electrolytic capacitors in the power supply. Make sure you use high
quality 105-degree(F) ones designed for switch-mode power supply
applications.

Finally, maybe it is a mechanical connection problem with your LS-1.
For example, maybe when assembled there is different stress on the
circuit board that could be causing a marginal solder connection to
fail slightly?

Good luck with this one. It would be good to run some more tests to
determine if it is really heat related or not. Try running the unit
in your refrigerator!


#6139 From: "Christopher Drum" <christopherdrum@...>
Date: Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:17 pm
Subject: Need advice on updating my Linkstation Pro
christopherdrum
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New to the group, but was hoping someone could point me in the right
direction for some troubles I'm having. Long story short, I had a
Linkstation that bricked itself for no discernible reason. I did no
modifications to it, it was just a stock box running perfectly until
the day it decided not to. Sent it back to Buffalo and after a while
they sent me back a brand new Linkstation Pro. Life was good until IT
TOO died on me for no reason. Couldn't mount the volumes of it, and
the drive seemed to make unusual noises. The noises have gone, but the
trouble remains. At one point I could reach the web config page for
the box and it seemed to suggest that I needed to reformat the drive;
however now I cannot even get to that web page. I swear, these boxes
just sit and run and that's it. I put no stress on them, no custom
software, nothing. Just turn it on when I need it, use it, turn it off
later.

So, Buffalo says that my warranty does not extend to the new box; I am
stuck with the original warranty, which means it is not OUT of
warranty which means I feel free to tinker with this thing to get it
working again.

I'm looking through the Linkstation Wiki pages and I see that FreeLink
seems like a fairly easy to install package. However, I'm not having
such great luck so far...

I plugged the unit into the ethernet port of my laptop and could not
ping it on the default 192.162.11.150. However, if I plug it into my
router I can ping it. I cannot, however, bring up the web interface to
the box in a browser. It is possible that my crossover cable is not
actually a crossover cable and that that is why I cannot ping it
locally. It may also be that the unit isn't grabbing that default
address, though the instructions for getting it to do that seem a
little convoluted.

NASNavigator sees the drive through the router, but the FreeLink
LSUpdater (trying initrd first, as per the wiki instructions) does not
see the drive at all.

So, I cannot even get past stage one right now. I could boot into
Linux (don't know a whole lot about it, but I can muddle my way
through) if that would give me an alternative to install the software.

I'm feeling pretty stuck and I really just want to finally get my
money's worth out of this box, because it seems like everyone enjoys
it and I feel left out of the party!

Thanks in advance for any advice/assistance you can offer,
Christopher Drum

Pretty much what I want to be able to do right now is wipe the
Linkstation Pro entirely and start from scratch. Truthfully, I'd even
be fine with first resetting it to factory fresh conditions (if
possible) before pursuing a FreeLink install.

#6140 From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@...>
Date: Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:34 pm
Subject: RE: Need advice on updating my Linkstation Pro
andrew@...
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Hi,

If you can ping it through the router, have you tried putting the
original firmware back on?  I have had this trouble, and when the web
config wasn't accessible, I was able to put the original firmware back
on just by downloading it from the Buffalo site.

You have to disable the firewall on your PC, since I think it tries to
get something from it remotely.

Andrew.

-----Original Message-----
From: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher
Drum
Sent: 12 August 2007 14:17
To: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LinkStation_General] Need advice on updating my Linkstation
Pro

New to the group, but was hoping someone could point me in the right
direction for some troubles I'm having. Long story short, I had a
Linkstation that bricked itself for no discernible reason. I did no
modifications to it, it was just a stock box running perfectly until
the day it decided not to. Sent it back to Buffalo and after a while
they sent me back a brand new Linkstation Pro. Life was good until IT
TOO died on me for no reason. Couldn't mount the volumes of it, and
the drive seemed to make unusual noises. The noises have gone, but the
trouble remains. At one point I could reach the web config page for
the box and it seemed to suggest that I needed to reformat the drive;
however now I cannot even get to that web page. I swear, these boxes
just sit and run and that's it. I put no stress on them, no custom
software, nothing. Just turn it on when I need it, use it, turn it off
later.

So, Buffalo says that my warranty does not extend to the new box; I am
stuck with the original warranty, which means it is not OUT of
warranty which means I feel free to tinker with this thing to get it
working again.

I'm looking through the Linkstation Wiki pages and I see that FreeLink
seems like a fairly easy to install package. However, I'm not having
such great luck so far...

I plugged the unit into the ethernet port of my laptop and could not
ping it on the default 192.162.11.150. However, if I plug it into my
router I can ping it. I cannot, however, bring up the web interface to
the box in a browser. It is possible that my crossover cable is not
actually a crossover cable and that that is why I cannot ping it
locally. It may also be that the unit isn't grabbing that default
address, though the instructions for getting it to do that seem a
little convoluted.

NASNavigator sees the drive through the router, but the FreeLink
LSUpdater (trying initrd first, as per the wiki instructions) does not
see the drive at all.

So, I cannot even get past stage one right now. I could boot into
Linux (don't know a whole lot about it, but I can muddle my way
through) if that would give me an alternative to install the software.

I'm feeling pretty stuck and I really just want to finally get my
money's worth out of this box, because it seems like everyone enjoys
it and I feel left out of the party!

Thanks in advance for any advice/assistance you can offer,
Christopher Drum

Pretty much what I want to be able to do right now is wipe the
Linkstation Pro entirely and start from scratch. Truthfully, I'd even
be fine with first resetting it to factory fresh conditions (if
possible) before pursuing a FreeLink install.




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#6145 From: "lramsey36" <lramsey2@...>
Date: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:53 pm
Subject: Type of File system on USB disk
lramsey36
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I have a Buffalo 120 with an attached USB 250GB disk.  The 250GB disk
is failing, and I wanted to try and access the drive from a LINUX
(Ubuntu) PC or using some Windows tool that maps/mounts the drive.
Ubuntu won't mount the file system.  Nor can I access using Ex2FS under
Windows.  Can anyoone offer a suggestion? Thanks.

#6146 From: "purdyd_at_wisheights" <purdyd_at_wisheights@...>
Date: Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:59 pm
Subject: Re: Type of File system on USB disk
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "lramsey36" <lramsey2@...>
wrote:
>
> I have a Buffalo 120 with an attached USB 250GB disk.  The 250GB disk
> is failing, and I wanted to try and access the drive from a LINUX
> (Ubuntu) PC or using some Windows tool that maps/mounts the drive.
> Ubuntu won't mount the file system.  Nor can I access using Ex2FS under
> Windows.  Can anyoone offer a suggestion? Thanks.
>


You need to use something called fixext2magic (more or less the right
name).  Post your question at the linkstationwiki.net site & use it
for reference, too.  Search the forums there...

#6147 From: Ira <gangalee@...>
Date: Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:19 pm
Subject: RE: Type of File system on USB disk
gangalee
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it's an ext3 filesystem

-----Original Message-----
From: "lramsey36" <lramsey2@...>
To: LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 15/08/2007 09:53 AM
Subject: [LinkStation_General] Type of File system on USB disk

I have a Buffalo 120 with an attached USB 250GB disk.  The 250GB disk
is failing, and I wanted to try and access the drive from a LINUX
(Ubuntu) PC or using some Windows tool that maps/mounts the drive.
Ubuntu won't mount the file system.  Nor can I access using Ex2FS under
Windows.  Can anyoone offer a suggestion? Thanks.


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#6148 From: "lalunas10" <lalunas10@...>
Date: Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:27 pm
Subject: Re: Type of File system on USB disk
lalunas10
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, Ira <gangalee@...> wrote:
>
> it's an ext3 filesystem

fix_ext2_magic is for you, from <http://linkstationwiki.net>

-Andre

#6150 From: "lramsey36" <lramsey2@...>
Date: Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:41 am
Subject: Re: Type of File system on USB disk
lramsey36
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "lalunas10" <lalunas10@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, Ira <gangalee@> wrote:
> >
> > it's an ext3 filesystem
>
> fix_ext2_magic is for you, from <http://linkstationwiki.net>
>
> -Andre
>
I hate to sound like a moron, but what do I need to install in a
Windows envorinment to get this to "make" it's executable?

Thanks.
LER

#6151 From: "lalunas10" <lalunas10@...>
Date: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:05 am
Subject: Re: Type of File system on USB disk
lalunas10
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "lramsey36" <lramsey2@...> wrote:
> > fix_ext2_magic is for you, from <http://linkstationwiki.net>
> I hate to sound like a moron, but what do I need to install in a
> Windows envorinment to get this to "make" it's executable?

The easiest way is to boot the PC into a Linux "Live CD" (Knoppix, ...), and use
one of the
precompiled executables.

-Andre

#6152 From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@...>
Date: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:47 pm
Subject: Rsync on stock firmware
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Hi,

 

I can see that in the stock firmware, there is a backup function which searches for other Linkstations.  Does anyone know if this uses Rsync, and if it is possible to emulate the “other Linkstation” using a Rsync config file on another server?  I want to rsync files from a remote server to my Linkstation as backup.

 

Thanks.

Andrew.


#6154 From: "Christopher Drum" <christopherdrum@...>
Date: Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:24 am
Subject: Re: Need advice on updating my Linkstation Pro
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I appreciate the response, but need to clarify that I have never modded my
LinkStation in any
way, whatsoever. The firmware is the stock firmware, and now that the unit is
out of warranty
I want to change to a new firmware. Buffalo's own firmware software (which looks
pretty
much identical to the update software provided by FreeLink) gives the same
troubles as the
FreeLink installer, i.e. doesn't see the drive where other options do.

Christopher

#6155 From: "dirtriderdan345" <dan_s_johnson@...>
Date: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:07 pm
Subject: Backup job stuck on linkstation live
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I scheduled an immediate backup from my buffalo linkstation live to my
external usb and even though it finished it still says on the home
pages that the backup job is currently being done.  The jobs page also
doens't show and icon for that job to let me clear it.  Anyone ever
have this problem?  I've tried resetting but nothing seems to clear
it.  Any help is much appreciated.

#6156 From: "musikgoat" <musikgoat@...>
Date: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:23 am
Subject: Re: Backup job stuck on linkstation live
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "dirtriderdan345"
<dan_s_johnson@...> wrote:
>
> I scheduled an immediate backup from my buffalo linkstation live to my
> external usb and even though it finished it still says on the home
> pages that the backup job is currently being done.  The jobs page also
> doens't show and icon for that job to let me clear it.  Anyone ever
> have this problem?  I've tried resetting but nothing seems to clear
> it.  Any help is much appreciated.
>

I've seen the same issue with my LSPro,  if you don't have shell
access the easiest way to fix the issue is to initialize the box.
Go to maintenence -> initialization -> restore factory settings.

This will not affect your data, but it will reset all the settings in
the box.  Note that if you use static addresses, the box will revert
back to DHCP.

I would suggest using scheduled backups.  I only had the problem
happen with immediate backups, but never looked into why.  it didn't
happen with scheduled backups in my case.

regards,
goat

#6157 From: "musikgoat" <musikgoat@...>
Date: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:51 am
Subject: Re: Rsync on stock firmware
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Hodgson"
<andrew@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I can see that in the stock firmware, there is a backup function which
> searches for other Linkstations.  Does anyone know if this uses Rsync,
> and if it is possible to emulate the "other Linkstation" using a Rsync
> config file on another server?  I want to rsync files from a remote
> server to my Linkstation as backup.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andrew.
>

rsync itself, by default, has no ability to "search for other devices"
so this would have to be an added in service.  looking at my running
processes, the binary is called ls_sonar.

There doesn't seem to be alot of documentation on this service, but
the most seems to be in this document from the linkstation wiki
downloads.linkstationwiki.net/Uploads/OldUploads/LS_Pro_temporary/LSPro_Softw.rt\
f

I hope you have the knowledge to go down this road, as it would be a
great accomplishment to put together a way to communicate and allow
backups to be sent to the device,  however, if you think its too much,
  you may find it easier to either ftp transfer the data.

FTP is built in of course, unfortunately NFS is not built into the
kernel.  I would imagine though,  that if you enable SSH access with
this, you could setup rsync functionality, although I've never
personally tried.
Follow these steps for SSH setup:
http://forum.linkstationwiki.net/viewtopic.php?p=34723#p34723

regards,
goat

#6158 From: aiannar974 <anthonyiannarelli@...>
Date: Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:36 pm
Subject: LinkStation Live Web Access
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Hello - I just bought a linkstation live and am trying to configure it to be
access remotely through the web.

It comes up and asked for a username and password in a Microsoft smal box
(pic attached).  I have tried every possible user / password combination.

Linkstation user / password
user password set on web access screen in linkstation
router user password
computer user password

I could not get them to work and I thought maybe it was my firewall.  I shut
my router and windows firewalls totally down and it still did not work.

The IP address you see was my internal ip address for the linkstation

This page does not show up in the buffalo documentation.  I get the initial
screen asking for my nas name listed in the web access page and i get
through that with no problem.

Any thoughts?




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#6159 From: "Graham Denison" <denison@...>
Date: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:47 pm
Subject: Re: LinkStation Live Web Access
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--- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, aiannar974
<anthonyiannarelli@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello - I just bought a linkstation live and am trying to configure
it to be
> access remotely through the web.
>
> It comes up and asked for a username and password in a Microsoft
smal box
> (pic attached).  I have tried every possible user / password
combination.
>
> Linkstation user / password
> user password set on web access screen in linkstation
> router user password
> computer user password
>
> I could not get them to work and I thought maybe it was my
firewall.  I shut
> my router and windows firewalls totally down and it still did not
work.
>
> The IP address you see was my internal ip address for the
linkstation
>
> This page does not show up in the buffalo documentation.  I get the
initial
> screen asking for my nas name listed in the web access page and i
get
> through that with no problem.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
>
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p12325463/linkstation.pdf
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It is looking for your setup name and password, ie: user: admin
password: admin (if you haven't changed it).
You are not connecting to the shared drives you are connected to the
management login.

Geep

#6160 From: aiannar974 <anthonyiannarelli@...>
Date: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:41 pm
Subject: Re: LinkStation Live Web Access
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Hello Graham - I tried the setup password.  I can access the setup of the nas
through the ip address with that user and password.  I did not change them
yet.

Anthony



Graham Denison wrote:
>
> --- In LinkStation_General@yahoogroups.com, aiannar974
> <anthonyiannarelli@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello - I just bought a linkstation live and am trying to configure
> it to be
>> access remotely through the web.
>>
>> It comes up and asked for a username and password in a Microsoft
> smal box
>> (pic attached).  I have tried every possible user / password
> combination.
>>
>> Linkstation user / password
>> user password set on web access screen in linkstation
>> router user password
>> computer user password
>>
>> I could not get them to work and I thought maybe it was my
> firewall.  I shut
>> my router and windows firewalls totally down and it still did not
> work.
>>
>> The IP address you see was my internal ip address for the
> linkstation
>>
>> This page does not show up in the buffalo documentation.  I get the
> initial
>> screen asking for my nas name listed in the web access page and i
> get
>> through that with no problem.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p12325463/linkstation.pdf
> linkstation.pdf
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> It is looking for your setup name and password, ie: user: admin
> password: admin (if you haven't changed it).
> You are not connecting to the shared drives you are connected to the
> management login.
>
> Geep
>
>
>

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#6164 From: gadgetjon <jondickason@...>
Date: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:46 am
Subject: Re: new drive won't boot
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I came home from work today. turned on the LS thinking I had the old drive in
it, (but the new one was in) and it came up first time! I installed openlink
and it's great. Thanks for letting me vent.


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#6166 From: "Kevin Hilkey" <kevinhilkey@...>
Date: Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:06 pm
Subject: Re: LinkStation Live Web Access
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I'm not sure if my earlier reply made it through or not. I think you
are looking at the log in for users of the share. You set up users
first through the set up when you turn on WebAccess and setup the
shared folders. You can set up individual users or groups, or both.

#6167 From: "Kevin Hilkey" <kevinhilkey@...>
Date: Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:29 pm
Subject: WebAccess
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Ok, so I feel stupid. I assumed that not only can I access my files
remotely, I could actually write back to the HD. I can't seem to do
it. Does WebAccess actually let me write? Or just Read?

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