I have a LinkStation HD-H250LAN which is in the state of "DIAG blinks 6 times", which I understand generally means that the hard drive needs to be reloaded. Or in fact, the hard drive might be toast, and I need to install a new hard drive.
The serial number of the unit is 45800450412261. The MAC address appears to be 00.07.40.FB.FD.04
The device is auto-switching (does not have the cross-over switch on the back), so I understand that it is not an LS1 device.
I am OK with losing the data; I just want the device to work again.
I understand that one method of recovery is to re-load the software onto the disk using TFTP. The instructions that I have seen on this forum tell me to use the GUI to determine the firmware number (eg, does my unit have a MIPS processor or a PowerPC processor). As the device is not booting, I obviously can't use the GUI.
So here are my questions:
1. Can the software required be determined from the serial number, or by some other technique?
2. Assuming I can learn what software toi reload via TFTP, where can I obtain this software? I ftp'ed to 24.153.165.234 and looked in "/mnt/array1/share/nas-recovery". Unfortunately, I don't see a "TFTP Boot Recovery" image for the HD-HxxxLAN product. Am I missing something?
3. If indeed the hard drive is toast, what sort of hard drive will work with this unit? How large a drive can I install? It would be nice to gain some space if I do need to replace the drive.
If this is as much of a hassle as it already feels like, I suppose I will end up buying another Linksys NAS box (about $100 without drives) and going that route -- which also gives me the option of mirroring. Maybe the Buffalo linkstation forum will come through for me?!?
Thanks.