Recover a non working "bricked" Linkstation

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Firmware Reinstallation

The following steps can be used to "reanimate" a Linkstation (here an HD-HGLAN):

• open linkstation (see Articles/GeneralDisassemble)

• disconnect disk from internal mainboard and power.

• connect disk to a PC with knoppix via a USB-IDE adapter or directly to the IDE controller. If you change the IDE setting on your hard drive to match it to a "Slave" setting, remember to put the jumper back to "Master" before connecting back the hard drive to the Linkstation

• start knoppix in terminal mode "knoppix 2"

• remove all partitions:

For a USB-IDE connection:

parted /dev/sda

For IDE direct connection:
hda = Primary Master hdb = Primary Slave hdc = Secondary Master hdd = Secondary Slave

So if you used Primary Master you would type:

parted /dev/hda

After this, the commands are the same for USB & IDE direct:

rm 1
rm 2
rm 3
rm 4
quit

• reconnect disk to LS

• power on LS (Reset button not pressed)

• disable Windows Firewall & set your PC's IP Address to 192.168.11.11

• unpack HD-HGLAN_149_100_telnet.zip

• start HD-HGLAN FWUpdate.exe

• press "search", should find Linkstation "EM" (Emergency Mode)

• start update, following messages appear:

Saving Settings
Conf...?
Firmware is being renewed

• if You get the following message You are done.

The firmware has been renewed

• But because the reformatting (?)and partitioning takes too long,

the diskfill LED may blink and you may get:

Attempt to renew firmware failed

• if so, wait until Diskfull LED goes off after some minutes.

• press "search" again.

• start update again.

• after all the other messages You should get this time:

The firmware has been renewed

• the LS is now reachable via telnet and the "old" IP.

so switch back IP settings and reenable the windows firewall.

• use telnet to get a prompt:

telnet linkstation

• set root password:

passwd

• change bash to login:

vi /etc/init.d/telnet

• add a new guest user

useradd -m -d /home/guest guest

• and ...

reboot

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