Debian Linux on the My Cloud PR4100 / PR2100

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@neversaydie

Has anyone done this with Ubuntu? It’s not a big deal but I have a slight preference for it over Debian because it comes with ZFS binaries.

Here’s how I got it working.

[GUIDE] How to install Ubuntu 18.04 Server on the My Cloud PR4100 NAS

Disclaimer: do this at your own risk. No fancy web gui here, just raw unix power. Requirements: a PC running Ubuntu 18 or similar… and some experience with unix. USB flash drive (8GB+) WD My Cloud PR2100/PR4100 If you’re in a hurry, skip the guide and go straight for the boot image at the end of the post. Get KVM sudo apt install qemu-kvm ovmf Prepare a working directory mkdir ubuntu && cd ubuntu Copy the UEFI bootloader to a local file named bios.bin cp /usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd bios.b…

I also hardened the wdhw tools install script a bit… please let me know if you still face issues.