Hello! I have got a WD My Cloud 2TB or 4TB NAS with Busybox embedded linux on it. I want to record a H264 stream from a network camera with it. Is there a H264 stream ripper extension for Busybox? If not, how can I install a Linux program on Busybox from source? Thanks Consuli

I tested a chroot on the gen2 by doing the following on a gen1 system. dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/mnt/USB bs=64k Then put the USB on the gen2 and did a chroot. In the chroot you all of the commands that are on the gen1. Still testing to see if there are any problems.

Fox_exe 's package has the advantage of having functional systemd, and automatically starting daemons configured for that chroot. This means you can configure cron jobs and the like inside it, and they will run at boot. Being true debian jessie (aside from the weaksauce kernel…) you can use apt-ge…

You do know that there is a way to run a script on reboot.

Yes I do. The installable module format is just very reliable.

Fox_exe’s installable package for debian. It installs the whole chroot all at once. It configures all the things for you, no questions asked. You just need to set up wdcrack first. It relies on the 3rd party application module packaging format WD created for the more expensive commercial class My…

I guess I’m trying to just use the WD code and use the features that WD uses. I don’t need other applications. Other than minidlna.

I use it as a sandbox for doing native compile jobs directly on the gen2, instead of doing a cross compile. Makes compiling all those one-off tools I have been cooking lately much easier. Speaking of one-offs, do you need or want any tools? I am still looking for useful software to add to my loose …

Since I’ve got the cross compile set up on my Debian Linux box. I find it very easy to build any thing I find missing on the gen1 or gen2. These are the programs that I’ve built to ru on the My Cloud. What I want is the instuctions to test a new kernel without having to remove the disk to recover …

I am surprised the kernels in the myclouds have debugfs support baked in… Otherwise, thanks. I will bake and add to my loose pack. The loose pack is for people who have one-off needs, but dont have the skill or time to bake something themselves. So far, I have baked bash, vim, foremost, testdisk,…

How to install a Linux program on WD myCloud/ Busybox?

Legacy Products My Cloud OS 3

lcgogo June 14, 2017, 9:32am 31

I think you may want to use this, install a chroot in mycloud gen2 and enjoy your debian under chroot.
The Public folder after you chroot should be under /mnt/

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