How to Hack WD My Book Live

WD My Book Live is network storage installed with Debian Linux operating system. We can setup this device to be our web server at home. Here are the steps how I did it.

SECTION 1

Follow this Section 1 if you haven’t upgrade the firmware and you don’t want to use Debian Squeeze. If you just upgraded your My Book Live to latest firmware and you want to use Squeeze, go to Section 2.

1. Activate SSH

Open browser, and go to http://device_ip/UI/ssh and then enable SSH service.

2. Login to SSH

username: root
default password: welc0me

3. Backup the system and protect udev update

Backup system:

# dd if=/dev/sda bs=15728640 count=1 | bzip2 > /DataVolume/shares/Public/SDA_MBR_FREESPACE.bz2
# dd if=/dev/sda1 | bzip2 > /DataVolume/shares/Public/SDA1_IMA.bz2
# dd if=/dev/sda2 | bzip2 > /DataVolume/shares/Public/SDA2_IMA.bz2

Protect udev update:

# aptitude hold udev

4. Disable load cycle count (http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5357)

WD drives are designed to reduce power consumption, in part by positioning the heads in a park position (unloading the heads) and turning off unnecessary electronics, resulting in substantial power savings. WD defines this mode as Idle 3.

Some utilities, operating systems, and applications, such as some implementations of Linux, for example, are not optimized for low power storage devices and can cause our drives to wake up at a higher rate than normal. This can negatively impact some of the power savings associated with WD Green Power drives and artificially increases the number of load-unload cycles. The increase in load/unload cycles for a typical desktop user are within design margins (drive has been validated to 1 million load/unload cycles without issue).

Affected Models:

WD20EADS, WD20EARS, WD15EADS, WD15EARS, WD10EADS, WD10EARS, WD8000AARS, WD7500AADS, WD7500AARS, WD6400AADS, WD6400AARS, WD5000AADS, WD5000AARS

Run this command to check your model:
MyBookLive:~# dmesg|grep WDC
ata2.00: ATA-8: WDC WD10EURS-630AB1, 80.00A80, max UDMA/133
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD10EURS-630 80.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
If your model is included in the affected list, download idle3 tool from http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/local–files/mybook-live/idle3ctl.tar.gz
# wget http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/local--files/mybook-live/idle3ctl.tar.gz
Extract, execute and reboot.
# tar zxvf idle3ctl.tar.gz
# ./idle3ctl -d /dev/sda
# reboot

5. Install mysql-server

Comment out debian squeeze references from packaging list
# sed -ie "s/deb .* squeeze/#&/g" /etc/apt/sources.list
Update aptitude and install mysql
# apt-get update
# apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql
Create symlink of /etc/init.d/mysql in /etc/rc2.d/ to autostart the mysql server
# ln -s /etc/init.d/mysql /etc/rc2.d/
Initialize mysql data dir and create system tables
# mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
Restart apache
# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

6. Create apache virtual host

Go to apache vhost folder:

# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

Copy current vhost configuration file:

# cp wdnas mywebsite

Edit mywebsite vhost file:

# nano mywebsite

Modify to the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mywebsite.mooo.com
ServerAlias www.mywebsite.mooo.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /DataVolume/shares/mywebsite/

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteLog /var/log/apache2/rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 0

RewriteEngine On

</IfModule>

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>

<Directory /DataVolume/shares/mywebsite/>
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/mywebsite_error.log

LogLevel warn

</VirtualHost>

Create document root folder:

# mkdir /DataVolume/shares/mywebsite

Enable virtual host file:

# a2ensite mywebsite

Rename wdnas virtualhost:

# mv /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-wdnas /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/wdnas
# mv /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-wdnas-ssl /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/wdnas-ssl

Restart apache:

# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

7. Create your domain mywebsite.mooo.com using free DNS service by afraid.org. Follow this article on step no. 4, 5, 6.

8. Make cron running when in standby mode

Kill monitorio.sh script:
# killall monitorio.sh
# nano /usr/local/sbin/monitorio.sh
Comment out the following line:
#/etc/init.d/cron start > /dev/null
#/etc/init.d/cron stop > /dev/null

9. You can access your website at http://mywebsite.mooo.com. My Book Live UI also available at http://device_ip

SECTION 2

Use this section if you are just upgrading your My Book Live to latest firmware. Below is my firmware after upgraded.

MyBookLive:~# cat /etc/version
02.32.05-046

1. Activate SSH

Open browser, and go to http://device_ip/UI/ssh and then enable SSH service.

2. Login to SSH

username: root
default password: welc0me

3. Backup the system and protect udev update

Backup system:

# dd if=/dev/sda bs=15728640 count=1 | bzip2 > /DataVolume/shares/Public/SDA_MBR_FREESPACE.bz2
# dd if=/dev/sda1 | bzip2 > /DataVolume/shares/Public/SDA1_IMA.bz2
# dd if=/dev/sda2 | bzip2 > /DataVolume/shares/Public/SDA2_IMA.bz2

Protect udev update:

# aptitude hold udev

4. Disable load cycle count (http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5357)

WD drives are designed to reduce power consumption, in part by positioning the heads in a park position (unloading the heads) and turning off unnecessary electronics, resulting in substantial power savings. WD defines this mode as Idle 3.

Some utilities, operating systems, and applications, such as some implementations of Linux, for example, are not optimized for low power storage devices and can cause our drives to wake up at a higher rate than normal. This can negatively impact some of the power savings associated with WD Green Power drives and artificially increases the number of load-unload cycles. The increase in load/unload cycles for a typical desktop user are within design margins (drive has been validated to 1 million load/unload cycles without issue).

Affected Models:

WD20EADS, WD20EARS, WD15EADS, WD15EARS, WD10EADS, WD10EARS, WD8000AARS, WD7500AADS, WD7500AARS, WD6400AADS, WD6400AARS, WD5000AADS, WD5000AARS

Run this command to check your model:
MyBookLive:~# dmesg|grep WDC
ata2.00: ATA-8: WDC WD10EURS-630AB1, 80.00A80, max UDMA/133
scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD10EURS-630 80.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
If your model is included in the affected list, download idle3 tool from http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/local–files/mybook-live/idle3ctl.tar.gz
# wget http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/local--files/mybook-live/idle3ctl.tar.gz
Extract, execute and reboot.
# tar zxvf idle3ctl.tar.gz
# ./idle3ctl -d /dev/sda
# reboot

5. Install mysql-server

Update aptitude and install mysql
# apt-get update
# apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql
And then I got this error:
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/php5-common_5.3.3-7+squeeze14_powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
To fix above error, run this command:

# dpkg -i –force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-common_5.3.3-7+squeeze14_powerpc.deb

And then another error came:
W: GPG error: http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because
the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY AED4B06F473041FA NO_PUBKEY 64481591B98321F9
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
To fix, run below commands:
$ gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv AED4B06F473041FA

$ gpg --export --armor AED4B06F473041FA | sudo apt-key add -

$ gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 64481591B98321F9

$ gpg --export --armor 64481591B98321F9| sudo apt-key add -
Replace the key number “AED4B06F473041FA” and “64481591B98321F9” with the one included in your error message.

Then do:
# apt-get update
 # apt-get -f install
Restart apache
# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

6. Create apache virtual host

Go to apache vhost folder:

# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

Copy current vhost configuration file:

# cp wdnas mywebsite

Edit mywebsite vhost file:

# nano mywebsite

Modify to the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName mywebsite.mooo.com
ServerAlias www.mywebsite.mooo.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot /DataVolume/shares/mywebsite/

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteLog /var/log/apache2/rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 0

RewriteEngine On

</IfModule>

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>

<Directory /DataVolume/shares/mywebsite/>
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/mywebsite_error.log

LogLevel warn

</VirtualHost>

Create document root folder:

# mkdir /DataVolume/shares/mywebsite

Enable virtual host file:

# a2ensite mywebsite

Rename wdnas virtualhost:

# mv /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-wdnas /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/wdnas
# mv /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-wdnas-ssl /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/wdnas-ssl

Restart apache:

# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

7. Create your domain mywebsite.mooo.com using free DNS service by afraid.org. Follow this article on step no. 4, 5, 6.

8. You can access your website at http://mywebsite.mooo.com. My Book Live UI also available at http://device_ip

Reference: http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/mybook-live

63 thoughts on “How to Hack WD My Book Live”

elmany says:

February 5, 2012 at 9:25 am

Hi,

Can this be done in an already updated WD MyBook Live 2Tb?
I want to use it to host my web page while I learn to program and to configure PostFix mail server

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1. kumkum says:
  
  February 5, 2012 at 9:52 am
  
  Hi, elmany. Yes, as long as you can get root login, you can setup your web server on it. Let me know if you need any help.
  
  Reply
ubuntu says:

February 18, 2012 at 9:36 pm

Is it normal that the 3. step takes over an hour ?

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1. kumkum says:
  
  February 20, 2012 at 11:05 am
  
  Hi, ubuntu
  
  Yes, it is normal for 800Mhz machine with 256MB RAM to backup and compress 1,2GB of data. It will take an hour.
  
  Reply
  1. raequin says:
    
    January 11, 2013 at 3:35 am
    
    I do not know what’s being backed up, so my question is, what if I’ve already stored hundreds of Gb on the My Book, will this data too be backed up and compressed? That is, will it take days to complete step 3?
    
    Reply
chkstar says:

March 30, 2012 at 10:14 am

When I attempt to do the apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql I get the following:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading State information… Done
Note, selecting mysql-server-5.0 instead of mysql-server
Package mysql-server-5.0 is not available, but is refferred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
E: Package mysql-server-5.0 has no installation candidate

Its a MyBook Live 2TB and all the commands prior worked fine. Any ideas on how to get this to work?

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1. kumkum says:
  
  March 30, 2012 at 10:23 am
  
  It looks like a repository problem.
  What is the content of /etc/apt/sources.list file ?
  
  Reply
  1. chkstar says:
    
    March 30, 2012 at 10:43 am
    
    a cat sources.list in the /etc/apt directory yeilds:
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main
    deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ esperimental main
    
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    1. chkstar says:
      
      March 30, 2012 at 11:02 am
      
      Can I assume that the
      sed -ie “s/deb .* squeeze/#&/g” /etc/apt/sources.list
      
      Command (which I did) should have removed the reference to
      
      deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main ?
      
      What should be there in its place ?
      
      Reply
      1. kumkum says:
        
        March 30, 2012 at 11:14 am
        
        Yes. This tutorial is not using squeeze. Don’t do the sed command if you are using squeeze.
      2. chkstar says:
        
        March 30, 2012 at 11:21 am
        
        I was following the Tutorial exactly. The sources.list file has the three lines above with # in front (Commented out)
        
        Its been a while since I did anything with Linux, so pardon my confusion.
        
        Should there indeed be a non commented line in the sources.list file and if so, what should its contents contain ?
      3. kumkum says:
        
        March 30, 2012 at 11:25 am
        
        Just remove # character in sources.list file and run apt-get update.
        
        So sorry if my article make a confusion.
        Maybe I have to update my article to avoid this problem.
        Thanks.
Alex says:

April 2, 2012 at 3:04 am

Can somebody send me original vhost configuration file, that was copied on step 6? I lost it 🙁
My mail is mr.fomos@gmail.com. Thanks.

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1. kumkum says:
  
  April 2, 2012 at 8:43 am
  
  Hi, Alex. Vhost file sent. Please check your email. 🙂
  
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Karl says:

April 10, 2012 at 5:03 pm

Hi!
How do I reste MyBook to it’s original state after doing all of this (I am tryin gto learn more about Debian OS etc. hacking).

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1. Karl says:
  
  April 10, 2012 at 5:29 pm
  
  Also have another question; I got the same error as chkstar when running “apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql”
  
  I took away the # before the three lines in the sources.list file.
  
  It upgraded but I got an error. (will post later)
  
  I can’t access my MyBook via http://www.wd2go.com, is this normal?
  
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  1. kumkum says:
    
    April 11, 2012 at 7:59 am
    
    I also can’t access my device via wd2go.com.
    Having problem in loading Java interface.
    I’m using Firefox browser. I haven’t try to use another browser.
    
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2. kumkum says:
  
  April 11, 2012 at 7:55 am
  
  Hi, Karl
  To revert to original state, you have to download .deb firmware file from http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5735 and execute this command:
  $ sudo dpkg -i firmware-file.deb
  
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the_lumpster says:

April 14, 2012 at 9:43 am

I am not using any of the other features of my 3rd generation MBL except the share creation. I need access to the share through a mapped drive, which has been accomplished in setup, but I also want intranet web access to the share for music and video streaming that needs to be able to see directories and files i.e. ht tp ://192.168.1.100/Media/ to give a listing of files and folders in the media share folder, without any authentication. I am ok with disabling the UI through SSH and only turning it on when needed.

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1. joboborab says:
  
  April 21, 2012 at 6:28 am
  
  I needed the same thing. This is how I did it.
  
  ‘set up a share using UI’
  
  ‘go to http://device/UI/ssh to enable ssh’
  
  ‘ssh in’
  Username root
  Password welc0me
  
  cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
  nano webshare
  ‘add this to the file and save’
  
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  
  DocumentRoot /DataVolume/shares/
  
  RewriteLog /var/log/apache2/rewrite.log
  RewriteLogLevel 0
  
  RewriteEngine On
  
  Options FollowSymLinks
  AllowOverride None
  
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
  AllowOverride None
  Order allow,deny
  allow from all
  
  ErrorLog /var/log/mywebsite_error.log
  
  LogLevel warn
  
  cp wdnas wdnasbakup
  cp webshare wdnas
  a2enmod autoindex
  /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
  
  That’s it. Remember that your share is case sensitive.
  
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  1. joboborab says:
    
    April 21, 2012 at 6:32 am
    
    That just derped all my code for the webshare file, but it is the same as the tutorial, with the directory pointing to DataVolume/shares/ instead of DataVolume/shares/mywebsite
    
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Mark says:

April 26, 2012 at 9:48 am

Got apache and php successfully working (able to display a page with .

However, having trouble with mysql. Specifically, the mysql_install_db command fails with the following:

—–

# mysql_install_db –user=mysql –basedir=/usr –datadir=/DataVolume/www/mysql_data
Installing MySQL system tables…
ERROR: 1 Can’t create/write to file ‘/DataVolume/www/mysql_data/mysql/db.MYI’ (Errcode: 13)
120425 21:42:26 [ERROR] Aborting

120425 21:42:26 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

—–

Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in
/DataVolume/www/mysql_data for more information.

I checked permissions of mysql_data and the owner is mysql with group root. Attempted setting permissions to 777 with no success.

Any ideas?

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1. kumkum says:
  
  April 26, 2012 at 10:02 am
  
  Hi, Mark.
  Can you check mysql log for any error message?
  Maybe can check on /DataVolume/www/mysql_data or /var/log
  
  Reply
  1. Mark says:
    
    June 12, 2012 at 9:33 am
    
    Late, but a follow up.
    
    Did not ever figure out what was wrong.
    
    But, a full reset back to factory settings and then resetting everything resulted in a successful install.
    
    Apache, MySQL, and PHP all working flawlessly now.
    
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stevens.kevin123@hotmail.com says:

June 21, 2012 at 12:02 am

he can you make a vidoe how to do tis
send me an E-Mail pls

stevens.kevin123@hotmail.com

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didier-e says:

July 9, 2012 at 1:13 am

hello
My Book Live – New firmware 02.11.09-0?53 (4/23/12)

i can’t install mysql, i have error.

English is not my native
Best regard

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1. didier-e says:
  
  July 9, 2012 at 2:54 am
  
  suite
  
  I first tried one section, mysql installation error so I reinstall the firmware and did a factory restore. I then tried to Section 2 installation error “ftp.us.debian.org” then mysql
  
  my sources.list ‘new install of MYBL’
  
  deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
  #deb
  
  http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main
  #deb
  
  http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
  
  Thanks
  
  Reply
  1. kumkum says:
    
    July 12, 2012 at 10:38 pm
    
    Hi, didier-e
    Can you copy paste here the error message shown?
    
    Reply
didier-e says:

July 13, 2012 at 3:39 am

Hello
I again tried an installation with nas delivered in original configuration with the latest firmware02.11.09-0?53 (4/23/12) .
Here is the message in Putty ..

with section 1

delcne:~# sed -ie “s/deb .* squeeze/#&/g” /etc/apt/sources.list
delcne:~# apt-get update
Reading package lists… Done
delcne:~# apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package mysql-server

with section 2

delcne:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg [1672B]
Get:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release [111kB]
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release
Get:3 http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze/main Packages [6494kB]
Fetched 6606kB in 28s (228kB/s)
Reading package lists… Done
W: GPG error: http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY AED4B06F473041FA
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
delcne:~#

I still install mysql with the above error

Unpacking php5-suhosin (from …/php5-suhosin_0.9.32.1-1_powerpc.deb) …
Processing triggers for man-db …
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/php5-common_5.3.3-7+squeeze8_powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
delcne:~#

Merci beaucoup de votre Aide/Thank you very much for your help

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1. kumkum says:
  
  July 13, 2012 at 7:28 am
  
  Hi, didier-e
  
  1. Use Section 2 method, because you are using Debian Squeeze
  
  2. To fix the “GPG error: http://ftp.us.debian.org squeeze Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY AED4B06F473041FA”, please follow this article http://colekcolek.com/2009/04/22/ubuntu-gpg-error/
  
  3. Try again: apt-get update. If there is no error, continue to install mysql.
  
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ats says:

August 16, 2012 at 12:30 am

Hi. I am using lenny. Source list as follow:

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/debian-security/ lenny/updates main
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/debian-security/ lenny/updates main
#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main
#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main

I have errors in php5-mysql. Errors as below:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libapache2-mod-php5: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
php5-cli: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
php5-curl: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
php5-mysql: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
php5-sqlite: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a solution).

How can I fix this?

Thanks

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1. kumkum says:
  
  August 16, 2012 at 7:21 am
  
  Please add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
  deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
  
  And update apt:
  # apt-get update
  
  And then reinstall php, mysql:
  # apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql
  
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  1. ats says:
    
    August 16, 2012 at 10:36 am
    
    Hello. I tried adding the link, however, there are errors. I’ve browse the link but can’t find lenny. See errors below.
    
    Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny Release.gpg
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny Release.gpg
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg
    Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny Release
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny Release
    Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates Release
    Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages
    Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages
    404 Not Found [IP: 128.30.2.36 80]
    Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex
    Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
    Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
    Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Sources/DiffIndex
    Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
    Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/non-free Sources/DiffIndex
    Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
    Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Packages
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Sources
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/contrib Sources
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/non-free Sources
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
    Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources
    W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/binary-powerpc/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 128.30.2.36 80]
    
    E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
    
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  2. ats says:
    
    August 16, 2012 at 11:50 am
    
    Hi. Adding to my previous reply. It looks to me php5-common cannot be overridden for some reason or another. I have the .deb file for php5 lenny16, but it doesn’t seem to replace the previous version. See system feedback below:
    
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    Correcting dependencies… Done
    The following extra packages will be installed:
    php5-common
    The following packages will be upgraded:
    php5-common
    1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 46 not upgraded.
    11 not fully installed or removed.
    Need to get 0B/374kB of archives.
    After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
    (Reading database …
    dpkg: warning: files list file for package `ramlog’ missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
    
    dpkg: warning: files list file for package `libparted0′ missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
    (Reading database … 23834 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to replace php5-common 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 (using …/php5-common_5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16_powerpc.deb) …
    Unpacking replacement php5-common …
    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-common_5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16_powerpc.deb (–unpack):
    trying to overwrite ‘/etc/cron.d/php5’, which is also in package wd-nas 01.00.01-69399
    Errors were encountered while processing:
    /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-common_5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16_powerpc.deb
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    
    Reply
    1. Kari says:
      
      September 11, 2012 at 10:13 am
      
      Dear ats — Did you ever get this fixed? I’m getting the same exact errors and have not been able to fix it.
      
      Reply
      1. hoggernick says:
        
        September 26, 2012 at 9:32 am
        
        You probably need to force the previous (non-lenny) php5-common to install. Try this:
        
        dpkg -i –force-overwrite /var/lib/cache/archives/php5-common_5.3.3-7+squeeze8_powerpc.deb
        
        Then do:
        
        apt-get update
        apt-get -f install
        
        That may get you fixed up.
didier-e says:

August 17, 2012 at 3:38 am

hello it works but if I restart mysql mybook not working anymore I have the following error

delcne:~# mysql_install_db –user=mysql –basedir=/usr –datadir=/var/lib/mysql
Installing MySQL system tables…
120816 18:30:20 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Table ‘./mysql/db’ is marked as crashe d and should be repaired
120816 18:30:20 [Warning] Checking table: ‘./mysql/db’
120816 18:30:20 [ERROR] 1 client is using or hasn’t closed the table properly
120816 18:30:20 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Table ‘./mysql/user’ is marked as cras hed and should be repaired
120816 18:30:20 [Warning] Checking table: ‘./mysql/user’
120816 18:30:20 [ERROR] 1 client is using or hasn’t closed the table properly
OK
Filling help tables…
OK

To start mysqld at boot time you have to copy
support-files/mysql.server to the right place for your system
thank you again

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1. didier-e says:
  
  August 18, 2012 at 7:10 pm
  
  Hello after various handling I locked my My Book Live.
  Reinstalling Firmware and Restore factory default setting does not work.
  I saved on my PC 3 file Step 3 “3. System Backup and protect the udev update”.
  Can you help me restore my backups.
  Thank you again, then I do not touch anything and is more original
  
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  1. kumkum says:
    
    August 19, 2012 at 6:00 am
    
    Please check this page:
    
    http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/backup-images-of-mybook
    
    Reply
ram says:

September 8, 2012 at 12:35 am

Do you how to install gcc on MBL, though I was attempting several time, still no success. I want install gcc in order to get some packages installed on MBL.

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Kari says:

September 11, 2012 at 11:04 am

I am currently on PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny16 (using a western digital mybooklive)
I’m trying to install GD support and did the following:
apt-get install php5-gd
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Also tried apt-get update and then repeated the above with no luck.

My knowledge is extremely limited so I’ve pretty much just tried pasting in a bunch of fixes I’ve found around the web but none of them have worked.

Please help! I’m really stuck and not sure what else to try other than trying to reformat the drive and try again.

What information should I provide to help troubleshoot?

When I do apt-get install php5-gd
——————————————–
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install’ to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libapache2-mod-php5: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
perl: Depends: perl-modules (>= 5.10.1-17) but 5.10.0-19lenny5 is to be installed
php5-cli: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
php5-curl: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
php5-gd: Depends: libgd2-xpm (>= 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
php5-sqlite: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a solution).

When I do apt-get -f install
——————————–
(Reading database …
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `ramlog’ missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.

dpkg: warning: files list file for package `libparted0′ missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database … 17255 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace php5-common 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 (using …/php5-common_5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16_powerpc.deb) …
Unpacking replacement php5-common …
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/php5-common_5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16_powerpc.deb (–unpack):
trying to overwrite ‘/etc/cron.d/php5’, which is also in package wd-nas 01.00.01-69399
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/php5-common_5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16_powerpc.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

When I do apt-get update
—————————–
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny Release
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates Release
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/non-free Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Packages
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Sources
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/contrib Sources
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/non-free Sources
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/updates/main Sources
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg [198B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release [58.3kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [198B]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release [57.3kB]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.25 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.25 80]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]
Fetched 116kB in 6s (18.4kB/s)
W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/main/binary-powerpc/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.25 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/restricted/binary-powerpc/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.25 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/main/binary-powerpc/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/restricted/binary-powerpc/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.190 80]

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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1. kumkum says:
  
  September 13, 2012 at 7:38 am
  
  Your apt source contains repository of debian and ubuntu. Maybe this cause a problem. You can try remove ubuntu repo and try reinstall the package.
  
  apt-get update
  apt-get install php5-gd
  
  Reply
  1. kandiyohiv says:
    
    September 17, 2012 at 9:20 am
    
    I tried again and made sure to only include lenny packages. I still get a lot of errors like this one:
    
    Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 is to be installed
    
    I kept trying different .deb files and doing apt-get clean && apt-get update but it wasn’t helping.
    
    Then I noticed the following error said something about a file used in the “wd-nas” package. So that got me thinking all of my problems (which none of the forums like this one seem familiar with) might have something to do with my firmware version.
    
    trying to overwrite ‘/etc/cron.d/php5?, which is also in package wd-nas 01.00.01-69399
    
    I downloaded a much older firmware and VOILA all of my packages installed successfully (mySQL server, client, phpadmin, php5-gd). BUT — the WD UI no longer functions properly. It loads but then none of the menu links take me to the menu pages, it just keeps redirecting me back to the UI homepage.
    
    I’m going to try other firmware versions and see if I can find the sweet spot. Any thoughts on my theory or plan?
    
    Reply
    1. kumkum says:
      
      September 19, 2012 at 8:12 am
      
      Hi, have you try use Squeeze version?
      
      Reply
kandiyohiv says:

September 14, 2012 at 2:09 pm

I followed these instructions exactly except my sources.list was empty except for the 3 commented-out squeeze lines. I added the following line per instructions from wikidot:
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

# apt-get update
# apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql php5-gd

But then I got many unmet dependencies errors (for example):
php5-mysql: Depends: php5-common (= 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny16) but 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny9 i s to be installed

So then I added:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
# apt-get update

But then the following errors:
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny Release.gpg
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny Release
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages
Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages
Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 64.50.233.100 80]
Get:1 http://archive.debian.org lenny Release.gpg [1034B]
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny Release
Err http://archive.debian.org lenny Release

Get:2 http://archive.debian.org lenny Release [99.6kB]
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny Release
Ign http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://archive.debian.org lenny/main Packages
Fetched 101kB in 1s (60.7kB/s)
W: GPG error: http://archive.debian.org lenny Release: The following signatures were inva lid: KEYEXPIRED 1337087218 The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the publ ic key is not available: NO_PUBKEY AED4B06F473041FA
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/binary-powerpc/Packag es 404 Not Found [IP: 64.50.233.100 80]

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Any suggestions?

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Jan Fredrik says:

October 17, 2012 at 4:41 am

Hi! Thanks for the guide.

I think I did something wrong and now the UI is acting very weird. The SSH/FTP access is working great, but when I try to access any sub-page on the Web-UI I get the error: “33166 – Error retrieving share information: Internal server error. Retry your last operation. If the error persists, contact WD Support for assistance.”

I cannot access utilities to do a factory reset, but i’ve got the backup from this guide – any chance to get it back to normal? Or do a factory reset from SSH?

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1. kumkum says:
  
  October 17, 2012 at 7:21 am
  
  To revert to original state, you have to download .deb firmware file from http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5735 and execute this command:
  $ sudo dpkg -i firmware-file.deb
  
  To restore backup, check this page: http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/backup-images-of-mybook
  
  Reply
Jan Fredrik says:

October 17, 2012 at 1:52 pm

Can I run this in SSH?
/usr/local/sbin/factoryRestore.sh noreformat

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1. kumkum says:
  
  October 17, 2012 at 2:04 pm
  
  I’m sorry, I never try that.
  Please try haha 😛
  
  Reply
  1. Jan Fredrik says:
    
    October 17, 2012 at 8:15 pm
    
    Still menu errors, do you know where to find a .deb file? Looks like the .deb files is removed from WD page
    
    Reply
    1. kumkum says:
      
      October 17, 2012 at 9:22 pm
      
      OMG! You’re right. WD has removed the firmware download. Are you able to access upgrade page from web UI? If yes, execute this command before hand:
      
      # echo “02.01.06” > /etc/version
      
      Reply
      1. Jan Fredrik says:
        
        October 17, 2012 at 9:37 pm
        
        I executed:
        echo “02.01.06? > /etc/version
        
        and the web UI shows:
        Version:MyBookLive .02.01.06. : Core F/W
        
        but I’m getting the message: Your firmware is up to date when i’m trying to update.
      2. kumkum says:
        
        October 17, 2012 at 10:22 pm
        
        Please try this WD SmartWare Software :
        
        http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/wdsmartwareupdate/NAS.asp
Jan Fredrik says:

October 19, 2012 at 11:57 pm

This guide worked good:
http://community.wdc.com/t5/My-Book-Live/GUIDE-Restore-Downgrade-firmware-via-the-reset-button/td-p/481588

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1. kumkum says:
  
  October 20, 2012 at 5:12 pm
  
  Thanks!
  
  Reply
Ariel says:

January 3, 2013 at 9:22 am

Nice work.
Sorry my question and my english too, all this work is done or can be done with the disc via USB adapter ?
Thkz.

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1. kumkum says:
  
  January 3, 2013 at 9:54 am
  
  No. It only has network port. No USB port.
  
  Reply
  1. Ariel says:
    
    January 3, 2013 at 10:16 am
    
    yes but i put it out from de box. is that not ok ?
    crap …
    
    Reply
Ariel says:

January 3, 2013 at 10:21 am

budy if you dont mind here is my skype name: ariel.enr i really need help, im like lost in the space about it.
thkz any way.

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1. kumkum says:
  
  January 3, 2013 at 11:03 am
  
  skype contact added. waiting for authorization 🙂
  
  Reply
Morten says:

August 19, 2013 at 1:54 am

Great hacks. There are more hacks here: http://mybooklivehacks.blogspot.com/

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Jose Miguel says:

September 22, 2014 at 11:26 pm

Help! I follow every step and I can´t access to http://mybooklive/UI!! How I can undo until everything to the beginning?

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1. kumkum says:
  
  September 27, 2014 at 12:10 am
  
  You can try reset your device. Press reset button with paper clip.
  http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum/t-175889/how-to-recover-unbrick-reset-the-wd-mybook-while-light-possible-scenarios
  
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