Re-install OS using source code

WD Legacy Products Other Network Drives
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Hi,

My NAS recently got borked (see thread here), and because I’d already opened the case once in order to fix a SSH problem, I figured my warranty wouldn’t be honoured.  So, I removed the 1TB drive, popped it into my desktop PC, and would now like to use a spare, compatible 250GB drive in the NAS instead.

It turns out WD have provided the source code for the OS, here.  However, I have no clue how to use it in order to prepare the drive I have for use in the NAS enclosure.  Could someone help me out here?  I’m running OS X 10.6.8, but have Parallels running Windows XP SP2 if that helps.  I also have VMware Fusion 4 if running a Linux distro makes things easier.

On a side note: does anyone here have good experiences of using other Linux OSes in this NAS?  I notice that Debian has been used—any others?

Thanks.

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I don’t think that would be easy to do. You really need to know what you are doing to make it work.

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have not tried this

try going to this web for people that have done a lot of tweaking arround with MBW

MBW Wiki