I have the Mybook Live enclosure and a NEW UNFORMATTED drive (320 GB).
I read a while back that it will require connecting the new drive to a Linux pc.
Is there a how-to on this and if so, where.
I could only find de-bricking guides
Thanks.
I have the Mybook Live enclosure and a NEW UNFORMATTED drive (320 GB).
I read a while back that it will require connecting the new drive to a Linux pc.
Is there a how-to on this and if so, where.
I could only find de-bricking guides
Thanks.
A 320GB SATA drive?  Good luck with that…
The MBL firmware is designed only for 1T to 4T drives. Â
The de-bricking guides would be what you’d use.
Sorry but I did not need luck…just the correct answer which I found.
It is now up and running with a 320GB SATA drive.
I used the below instruction:
This instructions was written base on the Ubuntu 12.10 Live CD.
If you use a different distro, you might need to modify the script and intruction.
You’ll need to have the following programs installed: mdadm and parted.
Files included:
You’ll also need to download the Latest Firmware from here
http://download.wdc.com/nas/apnc-024105-034-20130215.deb
The file is about 200mb and unpacks to 2GB so be sure you have enough room.
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Plug in your disk via SATA cable (external enclosures work also, but you might need to find drivers)
Boot into Ubuntu
Find out the name of your disk as it was detected by Ubuntu Â
In my case, it was /dev/sda as it was the only disk.
#Replace with your disk name
disk=/dev/sda
chmod +x freshInstall.sh
chmod +x swap
./freshInstall.sh
(Note if you get the following error, just select yes)
Warning: blocksize 65536 not usable on most systems.
mke2fs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
mkfs.
ext4: 65536-byte blocks too big for system (max 4096)
Proceed anyway? (y,n)
Once the script is done, there should be 4 partition.
ar x apnc-024105-034-20130215.deb
tar --lzma -xvf data.tar.lzma
cd CacheVolume/upgrade)
dd if=rootfs.img of=/dev/md0 bs=1M
mkdir /mnt/rootfs
mount /dev/md0 /mnt/rootfs
cp /mnt/rootfs/usr/local/share/bootmd0.scr /mnt/rootfs/boot/boot.scr
echo “enabled” > /mnt/rootfs/etc/nas/service_startup/ssh
sync
umount /mnt/rootfs
mdadm --stop /dev/md0
./swap /dev/sda1
./swap /dev/sda2
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The hard drive is now prepared and is ready to be inserted into the My Book Live.