Restoring Buffalo Linkstation Live v2

Next step was to open the box, remove the old drive and prepare a new one.

I decided to take advantage of the Debian Linkstation support, so I chose to install Debian Squeeze.

I followed these steps to partition the new disk: http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Custom_Partitions_on_the_LS_Pro , but I think it is only necessary to create a /boot partition, because everything gets re-done by the Debian installer.

I copied config-debian initrd.buffalo and uImage.buffalo to the /boot partition using these instructions: http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Install_Debian_on_the_Linkstation_Pro/Live#Download_the_installer

I reinstalled the disk, connected the LS to the network and powered on, getting a green power light and a flickering green LINK/ACT light. 'nmap -sP' showed that the LS had acquired an IP address and was ping'able.

Using these instructions (scroll down to "The Installation"), I used ssh to login as 'installer' with password 'install'. I entered 'sh config-debian', and the Debian installer started up, and proceeded normally.

After package selection and installation, the installer eventually rebooted. I was able to ssh-login using the user and password I had chosen. So far, all looks well.

Linkstation woes

While investigating why the backup process stopped working (using duplicity with S3 backend), it seems like the root partition "lost" some important files (like "grep", for example). Rebooting the system caused a loss of SSH access, so, since the warranty has expired, I removed the HDD and backed up to another machine.

'xfs_check' showed a good number of errors, so I think I will follow the procedure for installing Debian Squeeze, using another disk. I'll stick with ext3 this time! Good information at http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Custom_Partitions_on_the_LS_Pro

MBZ SLK230 (R170) manual

This took more steps to find and download than seems necessary. Here's a clean link:

MBZ SLK230 R170 Owners manual