Connect multiple USB devices to the LinkStation via a USB hub

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This article is based on forum posts by lotus49 and Bauldrick work by mindbender and Sylver. Originally by frontalot. at Linkstationwiki.org

USB Hard Drive

The LinkStation's USB port may not provide enough current for some USB-powered hard drives.

You can connect multiple USB device to the LinkStation via a USB hub. However, you must modify 2 files in order to share more than 1 USB disk. The following information details connecting 2 USB disks but can easily be modified to cover any number of disks.

1.) Open the file in a text editor and adjust it to the following:

vi /etc/murasaki/bin/mount_sd.sh

#!/bin/sh

BOOTCHECK=0
MNT_DIR1=/mnt2/usbdisk1
MNT_DIR2=/mnt2/usbdisk2
LOCK1=/var/lock/mount_sd1
LOCK2=/var/lock/mount_sd2
MOUNT_SD1=0
MOUNT_SD2=0

### check initial devices
if [ $# -eq 2] ; then
BOOTCHECK=1
fi

### parse usb device info
/usr/bin/parse_usbscsi > /dev/null 2>