Clean OS (Debian), OpenMediaVault and other "firmwares"

Fox_exe · November 23, 2019, 4:05pm

WD make a great device with cheap price, but its not so functional for me. So i make few alternatives and here is they:

Primary file archive: fox-exe.ru (Mirror: Anionix.ddns.net)
Mirror: Google.Drive folder

Whats done now?

Clean Debian (Debian Jessie. Possible update to newer releases)
OpenMediaVault - Debian wheezy/Jessie + OMV
Synology DiskStationManager v5.2 - Yes! Its a “DSM” from Synology NAS! Great WebGUI and lots of functions (Work almost all).
Kernel sources, binaries and other info

Recovery and roll back:
If something went wrong, please read “Replace HDD” instruction - its help you reupload firmware to HDD or change internal HDD to another one (Yes, need disassemble device)
Or use “Recovery” package for unbrick devise without opening.

Notes:

WOL not supported by Hardware.
Be careful with network settings - sometime OMV erase network settings (/etc/network/interfaces)
On first login you can get “Error 404: Not found”. Just clear browser cache and check URL (There is no “/UI” string in path anymore)
When you using Autoinstall script - all your data will be saved (Because 4rd partition not formatted)
**User / Password for login (WebGui, SSH, etc…) is root/mycloud or admin/mycloud
For OMV: After install - go to Storage -> File systems -> Unmount /dev/sda4 and mount it again, then create “Shared folders” and setup other things (Samba, ftp, ssh etc…)
For other questions - check this thread. I think all questions already answered.
For donations: Just visit my website and use available methods… Or just click to advertisment

Fox_exe · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Additions : Replace Samba 3 to Samba 4:

In simple:

Download compiled bin’s: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVVmNFWXVHYTZ3XzQ/edit?usp=sharing

apt-get install samba
service samba stop
tar xvfz samba4_binary.tar.gz -C /usr/sbin/
service samba start

In /etc/samba/smb.conf edit/replace:

security = user
lanman auth = no
main protocol = NT1
encrypt passwords = truesocket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVEwrite cache size = 2097152
use sendfile = true
getwd cache = ye

Result:

Download speed: 60-70 MB/s*

Upload speed: 30-40 MB/s*

* @ 1 GB/s network via Samba (CIFS, Windows shares)

hvalentim · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Aleluia!

Fox_exe · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Yes, you can upgrade to Jessie or “Sid” - All works fine.

And you can use “Clean debian” - Its run faster. (And install under that - WebMin or Newer version of OMV (1.0.8))

All instructions included in first message. (And more in Google Drive folder)

johnsheppardwd · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Now let’s wait for somebody to make an english tutorial so we can install it to our buggy wd cloud

Thanks for the info!

geweide · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

An english tutorial would be highly appreciated!

Thanks for your effort.

Etupes · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Pardon my Linux ignorance, but what is it that you are doing? I am curious. Are you replacing the OS provided by WD? Does it modify the disk layout? Are you adding packages and functionality?

Fox_exe · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Pardon my Linux ignorance, but what is it that you are doing? I am curious. Are you replacing the OS provided by WD? Does it modify the disk layout? Are you adding packages and functionality?

Yes. Its really “Clean Debian Wheezy 7.6” with some important stuff (Ramlog, mdadm and some tweaks for work)
If you want - You can modify layout on you HDD what you want (But /dev/sda7 - Is important. He stored boot config). My “FW” dont modyfy anything. (Used original layout - yeasy for install or rewert)
OMV = OpenMediaVault - Its free NAS OS, include CIFS/Samba shares, FTP, SMART monitoring, E-Mail notifications, Sync (Backup) services and more stuff in addition repository from commynity - Transmission, Web server (NGinx, PHP5, MySQL5), BTSync, OwnCloud!, ISCSI Target, MiniDLNA and lots of other stuff!

But omv still have some small bugs. (Not important - All original stuff works aswell).

Sorry for bad english - Im not use Google translate

yonoesio · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Some questions.

Do you lose the data in DataVolume?

Can i install it using ssh or i have to dissasemble de HD and plug in on PC with linux.

Sorry for my bad english.

Thanks!!!

Fox_exe · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Data not loose. Just dont touch /dev/sda4 (Only remount it in new system)
For now - Installation only with dissasemble device. (You can use Ubuntu or Debian LiveCD at regulat desctop)

Nazar78 · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Great work! I’m might try them one of these ‘free’ days…

johnsheppardwd · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

So can you advise us how to install it from Linux please ?

I am eager to try it

Thanks

spamon · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

openmediavalue is very functional solution.
I installed it on my WD.
Unfortunately, the samba transfer performance is pathetic.
Fixed error HTTP Error 504 Gateway timeout when you try to log on
(cookies cleared)

Do you know someone solve the above problems?

How do I change the language clean install of Debian with ru> en?

Fox_exe · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Read first post!

About 503 error - IUse this solution: http://phpbb.openmediavault.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5048

* First open of web gui - is 3 min. (But then - works fast)

TDmike · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

You need to change/update the sources list from russian to english.

#!! Create /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.ru.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.ru.debian.org/debian wheezy-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

#updated sources list /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

cd /etc/apt/sources.list
nano sources.list

change first two lines that contain ftp.ru.debian…

Save and close out.

apt-get update

Change you local language. You must be root for this to work.

I found it here: https://wiki.debian.org/ChangeLanguage

env | grep LANG

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

dpkg-reconfigure locales

A window will ask you to select the languages you want to have available. Choose your own.

Changes may not show immediately, a reboot will be needed.

Let us know how it goes.

yonoesio · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

hi there

I’m trying to install the image from a livecd of ubuntu.

I follow all the steps but I can not install fake-hdclock (there).

After installing mdadm I do not see any md127 or md0 device.

I have the hard drive connected via USB and I can see all the partitions sdx-sdx8

Any idea?

Thank you !!

Fox_exe · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

Search md’s:

ls /dev/ | grep md

Or just start manually:

mdadm -A /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb2

Where sdb = you WD HDD.

yonoesio · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

I had to use a gparted livecd because k / ubuntu did not recognize my usb.

It seems that the partition sdb4 has gone. Some proble in partition table. gparted see the device sdb4 but i can`t mount it.

When starting WDMyCloud, the LED flashes white and appears to be doing a check disk.

Any recommendation?

EDIT

I got to repair the partitions and install an image of wdmycloud.

The disk boot with the blue LED in seconds. Then install debian image and now the LED blinks all the time in white.

Is this normal?

Boki99 · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

This is great work.

How fast OpenMediaVault works on MyCloud?

Is it slower than official firmware?

Fox_exe · October 15, 2015, 5:08am

* OMV and CleanDebian have green LED (For difference). Blinking white - not good (Cant boot). Check manual. (recreate raid as /dev/md0 - is important!)

* OMV runs very fast, but have 2 bugs:

Samba v3 - so slow… Need some tuning and upgrade to v4 (Samba v3=30MBps)
First open of WEB gui takes 3 min. (OMV trying to load somthing at start, but can’t. 3min - cooldown.)

All other stuff - works as well.

~ 1 mounth - Run stable. (OMV v1.0.8, update to 1.0.13 - no problems.)