Comments on: Upgrading the hard drive in the Buffalo Linkstation LS-GL (LS-Pro) NAS

By: silicoid

silicoid — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:37:09 +0000

Hi,

I can say additional information…
My LS-CHL works pretty good with WD20EARX (new and little cheaper then WD20EARS)

By: Stevie

Stevie — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:49:48 +0000

Its simple to fit a new hd

no cloning required
look for
TFTP Boot Recovery HS-DHGL.rar

set your pc’s ip to 192.168.11.1
and run the tft server
turn the nas on
when it starts beeping tap the button
and it will grab em mode files via tftp
you can then flash it with rebuild partitions ticked
in debug of the updater

@guy asking about wd 4k drives
no stick to 512byte drives
4k ones dont work

By: Renato

Renato — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:07:53 +0000

Does anybody now if a 7200RPM disk will do, or does it has to be the slower ones?

thanks,
Renato

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:41:27 +0000

Hi Musaul

I am trying to do the same upgrade a linkstation Live 320GB to a 1TB Western Digital WD10EALS HD but I keep geting beeps after installing the new drive. I have cloned/imaged the first 2 original partitions Ext3 196.1mb and 486.3mb with Acronis True Image and then created a 133.3mb Linux Swap file. Next I created a logical partition with the remaining 930Gb of space in ext2. I created the Swap file and the extended partition with Partition Magic and Acronis Disk Director.
Not sure what I am doing wrong. Can you please assit.
Thanks

By: Jon K

Jon K — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:55:21 +0000

1. Please — can someone answer the question about whether the new WD Advanced Format drives are compatible to us IN a linkstation pro?

2. What about in a USB HDD enclosure attached to a Linkstation Pro?

???

By: Musaul Karim

Musaul Karim — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:25:23 +0000

@Neil: No, the device can’t function without those partitions.

By: NEIL

NEIL — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:46:32 +0000

Is there any way of replacing the hard drive – with out cloning it? but formatting it from scratch?

Thanks

Neil

By: Menno

Menno — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:06:13 +0000

Hi all,

Will the LS-GL accept the WD drives which use Advanced Format?

Thanks.

By: FragMonkey

FragMonkey — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:55:24 +0000

@masaaaaaaa:

Which 2TB drive are you using for you LS-500GLv2? I’m looking at upgrading my LS-500GLv2 with a Western Digital WD20EARS 2TB drive, but concerned that the Linkstation might not cope with the unusual 4K sector format.

For the benefit of other upgraders, I’ve been running a Samsung F2 1TB in my LS-500GLv2 for the past year with no problems.

Thanks,
FragMonkey

By: FragMonkey

FragMonkey — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:51:38 +0000

@ masaaaaaaa:

Which 2TB drive did you buy for your LS-500GLv2? Was looking at the WD WD20EARS, but not sure this will work as has unusual 4K sector format.

For the benefit of other upgraders, the LS-500GL in question is already running an upgraded Samsung F2 1TB with no problems for over a year now.

Cheers
FragMonkey

By: Tannil

Tannil — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:23:00 +0000

Dear Sirs,

Today my LS-250GL HD just broken and total lost, may anyone kind enough to email their drive’s images of the first 2 partition to lam2008hk@yahoo.com.hk for helping me to recover the drive please? Many thanks & thanks for the kind assists!!

Regards,

Tannil from Hong Kong / 2-SEP-2010.

By: Chunks

Chunks — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:01:42 +0000

Its ok figured it out, now have another problem. I just copied loads of my movie files over to the new disk and yesterday it died beeping noise from the Linkstation. Now i’m trying to recover the data but not succeeding very well (
Partitions seem to be there and in GParted they are showing as i’ve set them up and the space is used (about 250gb) but can i get the files? no chance.

getting sector errors from TestDisk and various other programs i’ve used. Any advice?
Can i just type some command in and they’ll suddenly appear back on the drive? ;o))
I have tried looking at the drive directly on my pc and on my mac but it just doesn’t mount.
Cheers

By: Musaul Karim

Musaul Karim — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:10:07 +0000

@Chunk, what software are you using to create the partitions?

By: Chunks

Chunks — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:03:31 +0000

Great info but i just can’t get an extended group created for the swap & xfs. Any idea whats wrong?
Extended is just greyed out, the only options i have are Primary, can’t even add any logical partitions either.

By: masaaaaaaa

masaaaaaaa — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:04:48 +0000

Fantastic guide. I now have a 2TB drive in my LS-500GL version 2.

Only hiccup was I tried to be creative and put the linux_swap partition at the end and that didn’t work. Need to maintain the order of the partitions.

Also, do not clone your data drive, it’s a pain, takes forever and ultimately did not work. I ended up copying the data back over from the backup once the system was up and running again.

By: Musaul Karim

Musaul Karim — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:44:04 +0000

Did you clone the whole drive, or the partitions one by one? For my drive I created all the separate partitions myself, and then cloned the first two from the old drive overwriting the empty partitions I had just created.

If you want to do it more safely (in case the system partition sizes are different), you could clone the first two partitions first, then create the extended partition followed by the swap and the xfs data partition.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:15:17 +0000

Thank you for the informative guide. I have cloned my ls-320gl to a new WD 1.5TB harddisk. Removed the xfs partition and created a new one with remaining space. But no luck the linkstation boots with 6 beeps, which doesn’t recognise my new harddisk.

By: Musaul Karim

Musaul Karim — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:58:44 +0000

Hi Anuj, you can ask in the forum at http://forum.buffalo.nas-central.org/viewforum.php?f=39.

Someone there might be able to help you. Make sure you mention which linkstation model you have.

By: Anuj

Anuj — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:42:00 +0000

Any idea of how to replace the drive if i do not have the old one?

The old drive is completely broken so I cannot get the partition files off it

Thanks

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:31:18 +0000

Thanks, really useful guide. My LS-250GL now has a much quieter 1TB drive in there