Discussion:
LinkStation Quad - need to install 4 new drives - need help!
mcp1434
2010-08-28 00:08:52 UTC
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Greetings,
I had purchased a new LS-QL/R5 1TB NAS, as i already have a 8TB model which I like, so i bought the 1TB with the intention to upgrade the drive capacity. Unfortunately I didn't do my research, and ended up blowing away the partitions on the included 250GB drives, and found out that my 4 1TB drives wouldn't do anything without the OS loaded on them, and that I should have changed drives one at a time.
Of course, Buffalo will not provide advice as the warantee is voided.

I have attached the NAS to my PC, and see that it only gets the 192.168.11.150 address for a limited time, then it is unreachable.

Is there any hope to revive this NAS?

Thanks,
mcp



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Hai Nguyen Dang
2010-08-28 10:31:55 UTC
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Hi mcp,
Search around for the Recovery packages for Linkstation Quad, then you can
get it setup from scratch (it supports 4 x 2TB HDD), remember that even this
model can run with HDD < 4, but it requires that you should have 4 HDD at
the moment reviving it.

The unit ARM will try to get the kernel & init ramdisk from 192.168.11.1 for
~ 4 seconds during boot up so you can revive it.

If you're using Linkstation Quad, you can that Linkstation Quad format 1 new
HDD (take out 1 HDD from old Quad, boot it, go to Web Admin and format the
new HDD, shutdown the Quad, take out the new HDD and put the old HDD back to
your 8TB Quad - the new HDD now can boot from any Quad, you can boot it and
use it to format another 3 HDDs :). This trick only works if your 8TB are
running in Single disk mode (individual disks), it's in RAID, it won't work,
don't remove HDD or it will break your current RAID.

Currently, I'm using 3 Linkstation Quad :), hope this helps.

Thanks and rgds,
Dang Hai
Post by mcp1434
Greetings,
I had purchased a new LS-QL/R5 1TB NAS, as i already have a 8TB model which
I like, so i bought the 1TB with the intention to upgrade the drive
capacity. Unfortunately I didn't do my research, and ended up blowing away
the partitions on the included 250GB drives, and found out that my 4 1TB
drives wouldn't do anything without the OS loaded on them, and that I should
have changed drives one at a time.
Of course, Buffalo will not provide advice as the warantee is voided.
I have attached the NAS to my PC, and see that it only gets the
192.168.11.150 address for a limited time, then it is unreachable.
Is there any hope to revive this NAS?
Thanks,
mcp
mcp1434
2010-08-28 16:34:09 UTC
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Thanks Dang.
I will try what you suggest. I greatly appreciate your response.
I did get a little further last night, before I read your reply. The new NAS did get a DHCP address, so I was able to upgrade the firmware. When I try to recreate the RAID with the 4 250GB drives it tells me that 2 drives have failed.
I will buy 4 new 2TB drives, and try your suggestion as soon as I have the budget.
All the best,
mcp
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
Hi mcp,
Search around for the Recovery packages for Linkstation Quad, then you can
get it setup from scratch (it supports 4 x 2TB HDD), remember that even this
model can run with HDD < 4, but it requires that you should have 4 HDD at
the moment reviving it.
The unit ARM will try to get the kernel & init ramdisk from 192.168.11.1 for
~ 4 seconds during boot up so you can revive it.
If you're using Linkstation Quad, you can that Linkstation Quad format 1 new
HDD (take out 1 HDD from old Quad, boot it, go to Web Admin and format the
new HDD, shutdown the Quad, take out the new HDD and put the old HDD back to
your 8TB Quad - the new HDD now can boot from any Quad, you can boot it and
use it to format another 3 HDDs :). This trick only works if your 8TB are
running in Single disk mode (individual disks), it's in RAID, it won't work,
don't remove HDD or it will break your current RAID.
Currently, I'm using 3 Linkstation Quad :), hope this helps.
Thanks and rgds,
Dang Hai
Post by mcp1434
Greetings,
I had purchased a new LS-QL/R5 1TB NAS, as i already have a 8TB model which
I like, so i bought the 1TB with the intention to upgrade the drive
capacity. Unfortunately I didn't do my research, and ended up blowing away
the partitions on the included 250GB drives, and found out that my 4 1TB
drives wouldn't do anything without the OS loaded on them, and that I should
have changed drives one at a time.
Of course, Buffalo will not provide advice as the warantee is voided.
I have attached the NAS to my PC, and see that it only gets the
192.168.11.150 address for a limited time, then it is unreachable.
Is there any hope to revive this NAS?
Thanks,
mcp
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Tim Potter
2010-08-28 17:38:36 UTC
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MCP,

I wouldn't necessarily trust that application alone in determining your
drives' state.

If you can, you should connect them to a linux system and run some tests on
them such as smartctl and fsck

Maybe you can format the drives and remove the partition tables.

I haven't been active in LS / TS recoveries, but I remember in the past that
the firmware updater would need to be run twice, the first time would fail
but would create the partition tables, the second attempt would get the
device back to normal, have you tried?


GL,

Tim
Post by mcp1434
Thanks Dang.
I will try what you suggest. I greatly appreciate your response.
I did get a little further last night, before I read your reply. The new
NAS did get a DHCP address, so I was able to upgrade the firmware. When I
try to recreate the RAID with the 4 250GB drives it tells me that 2 drives
have failed.
I will buy 4 new 2TB drives, and try your suggestion as soon as I have the budget.
All the best,
mcp
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
Hi mcp,
Search around for the Recovery packages for Linkstation Quad, then you
can
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
get it setup from scratch (it supports 4 x 2TB HDD), remember that even
this
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
model can run with HDD < 4, but it requires that you should have 4 HDD at
the moment reviving it.
The unit ARM will try to get the kernel & init ramdisk from 192.168.11.1
for
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
~ 4 seconds during boot up so you can revive it.
If you're using Linkstation Quad, you can that Linkstation Quad format 1
new
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
HDD (take out 1 HDD from old Quad, boot it, go to Web Admin and format
the
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
new HDD, shutdown the Quad, take out the new HDD and put the old HDD back
to
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
your 8TB Quad - the new HDD now can boot from any Quad, you can boot it
and
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
use it to format another 3 HDDs :). This trick only works if your 8TB are
running in Single disk mode (individual disks), it's in RAID, it won't
work,
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
don't remove HDD or it will break your current RAID.
Currently, I'm using 3 Linkstation Quad :), hope this helps.
Thanks and rgds,
Dang Hai
Post by mcp1434
Greetings,
I had purchased a new LS-QL/R5 1TB NAS, as i already have a 8TB model
which
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
Post by mcp1434
I like, so i bought the 1TB with the intention to upgrade the drive
capacity. Unfortunately I didn't do my research, and ended up blowing
away
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
Post by mcp1434
the partitions on the included 250GB drives, and found out that my 4
1TB
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
Post by mcp1434
drives wouldn't do anything without the OS loaded on them, and that I
should
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
Post by mcp1434
have changed drives one at a time.
Of course, Buffalo will not provide advice as the warantee is voided.
I have attached the NAS to my PC, and see that it only gets the
192.168.11.150 address for a limited time, then it is unreachable.
Is there any hope to revive this NAS?
Thanks,
mcp
mcp1434
2010-08-28 17:36:28 UTC
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Dang,
This morning I was able to reformat the original 250GB drives and created a new RAID-5 set. I guess I just needed as little patience.
As soon as I can I will do the same with the 2TB drives.
Thanks again,
mcp
Post by Hai Nguyen Dang
Hi mcp,
Search around for the Recovery packages for Linkstation Quad, then you can
get it setup from scratch (it supports 4 x 2TB HDD), remember that even this
model can run with HDD < 4, but it requires that you should have 4 HDD at
the moment reviving it.
The unit ARM will try to get the kernel & init ramdisk from 192.168.11.1 for
~ 4 seconds during boot up so you can revive it.
If you're using Linkstation Quad, you can that Linkstation Quad format 1 new
HDD (take out 1 HDD from old Quad, boot it, go to Web Admin and format the
new HDD, shutdown the Quad, take out the new HDD and put the old HDD back to
your 8TB Quad - the new HDD now can boot from any Quad, you can boot it and
use it to format another 3 HDDs :). This trick only works if your 8TB are
running in Single disk mode (individual disks), it's in RAID, it won't work,
don't remove HDD or it will break your current RAID.
Currently, I'm using 3 Linkstation Quad :), hope this helps.
Thanks and rgds,
Dang Hai
Post by mcp1434
Greetings,
I had purchased a new LS-QL/R5 1TB NAS, as i already have a 8TB model which
I like, so i bought the 1TB with the intention to upgrade the drive
capacity. Unfortunately I didn't do my research, and ended up blowing away
the partitions on the included 250GB drives, and found out that my 4 1TB
drives wouldn't do anything without the OS loaded on them, and that I should
have changed drives one at a time.
Of course, Buffalo will not provide advice as the warantee is voided.
I have attached the NAS to my PC, and see that it only gets the
192.168.11.150 address for a limited time, then it is unreachable.
Is there any hope to revive this NAS?
Thanks,
mcp
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