Spinup via ping / http get?
Hi, i'm using a share of the Mybooklive for my sat-receiver. Sometimes it doesn't mount the share, probably because the Mybooklive is sleeping. The mount never fails when the drive is active. How can...
View ArticleNeed help! Want to change httpport of Twonky 7.0.9
Hi. I installed Twonky 7.0.9 on WD My Book Live. To be able to use Logitech Media Server (for Squeezebox Classic) at port 9000, I want to change httpport of Twonky 7.0.9 to port 8000 for example....
View ArticleWhite Light will not boot
I have a white light version with a 750 WD drive that I reloaded myself. Its been running for a year just fine, but now it won't boot. The drive just "softly" clicks. I though the drive was dead, but...
View ArticleUsing chroot
Hi! I want to tell how to install full-blown Debian Testing distro to MBL with no interference with current firmware. You may upgrade firmware at any time without loosing installed Debian Testing....
View ArticleUnbricked MBWE2 powers off when 2nd drive inserted
Bought second hand an MBWE 2, but bricked it quite fast. Used this guide to unbrick it:...
View ArticleMigrate data from old 2TB to new 3TB array
Hi All, My guess is that this has come up before, and I apologize, but I didn't find quite what I was looking for so am asking, politely, here. I just successfully replaced my original 2TB drives with...
View ArticleUrgent: How to rollback after a factory reset. Thanks!
Please, can someone please tell me how to recover the erased user data after doing a factory reset? It would be great if someone can help me…I lost a very valuable affective memories there (photos)....
View ArticleFTP Management
have the Western Digital My Book Live Duo Personal Cloud Storage 6TB NAS Drive. I have set it up as an FTP server. Is there any WD or 3rd party software I can use to track upload/download/usage of the...
View ArticleCrashplan on the white light
Did anyone manage to get crashplan (crashplan.com) running on the white light?
View Articlerun tightvncserver and jwm on My Book Live
Hello all, Firstly, thank you to Alexander Ryzhov for his guide on chroot on this forum on .14 May 2013, 10:22. I am now able to run tightvncserver and have jwm windows manager running on My Book...
View ArticleMy Book Live sleep issue
hi, since i've installed openvpn on my my book live, the led's are permanently green and the hdd doesn't go to sleep mode. When i stop the openvpn server with the "/etc/init.d/openvpn stop" command,...
View ArticleSwitch between Twonky Media Server and WD's DLNA Media Server on a My Book Live
Switch between Twonky Media Server and WD's DLNA Media Server on a My Book Live Works for me… Very easy… Subs 100% Work in .mkv and .mp4 wdc. custhelp. com/ app/ answers/ detail/ a_id/ 5735 Sorry i...
View ArticleMBWE (white light) drive to install the operating system
MBWE (white light) formated in both harddisks. This error is a result of the system does not load the device. I do not know linux, I can upload again the operating system or hard disk, backup image,...
View Articlecan't access shares via SMB or modify my shares on MBWE web GUI
I've got a 500mb MBWE and I can't access my shares from my mac or windows box. I can get into the web GUI, but any of the operations to manage anything such as shares, firmware upgrade, result in an...
View ArticleWatching films on xbox 360
This thing is awful, the box promises I can stream films from it. I have updated to Twonky 7.0.9 Special but it still wont show mkv files. Even watching a 700mb xvid it is so jumpy it is unwatchable....
View ArticleVivotek IP7330 Camera can´t save videos on WD Live
Dear friends, I have a Vivotek IP7330 camera and i´m having issues while trying to record video to my wd my book live. Both the camera and the mybook have the latest firmware. Just to let you know, I...
View ArticleCUPS config issues....help needed.
I installed CUPS but can not get the daemon to start. I followed the sites posts on installing CUPS but nothing but the same error, The error log indicates "cupsenable: Operation failed:...
View ArticlePlexConnect for MybookLive
Hey guys, Im looking for some Gurus on the subject. I have an Apple TV 3 which is sitting on a shelf as a jailbreak was never released for it. I just realized that PlexConnect can be used with Apple...
View ArticleMBWE (White Light) - Removed HD, now what? And warranty comment
So my 1TB has a bad volume. After the firmware update and the error, I was not able to access any of the files. I've finally given up and removed the hard drive. I have it plugged in via SATA to USB...
View ArticleSwitching original 1TB disk with 3TB red?
Hey, did someone managed to change the 1TB disk of the original MyBook LIVE (black) with another hdd and make it work as original? Thanks, S@
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