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Products => Storage => Topic started by: dirtrider on February 15, 2009, 11:44:31 PM

Title: Linkstation 500gb - HS-DH500GL - repeated usbdisk1 directory
Post by: dirtrider on February 15, 2009, 11:44:31 PM
   I am trying to add an additinal usb drive to my linkstation live.  When I first added the disk it was formatted ntfs and I couldn't write to it.  Then I figured it needed to be formatted to xfs.  I did this via the web interface and now there are repeated usbdisk1 folders on the disk.  There is a usbdisk1 directory right after formatting and that directory contains another usbdisk1 and on and on.  It cannot delete because of so many directory levels.  I am running 2.11 firmware.  The fat32 format doens't do that but I still can't copy files directly to it that way.  I already tried to restore defaults and start from scratch.  What is the resolution?
Title: Re: Linkstation 500gb - HS-DH500GL - repeated usbdisk1 directory
Post by: Colin137 on February 17, 2009, 04:42:39 PM
Reformat the USB disk with your computer, then try it again. Make sure you have the latest firmware, and have reset the Linkstation to defaults.
Title: Re: Linkstation 500gb - HS-DH500GL - repeated usbdisk1 directory
Post by: dirtrider on February 17, 2009, 04:57:15 PM
   

Tried that already.  I reset defaults and did a format disk.  Dumb thing doesn't finish after a full day.  The web interface still says it is formatting.  The yellow light blinks on the unit and that is all.  Powered it off and then on and tried a format all disks.  Its been almost a day again and still formatting.  Latest firmware is had and it won't let me update again because it is already there.  Now I can't even get the disk formatted. 

 

I'm a developer so I've used a lot of products but this thing is so slow and has so many issues I'm about done with buffalo.  Was this thing a terrible product or is this the general performance of buffalo products?

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