Price Check: Buffalo Linkstation Pro (LS-GL 250)

[DigiGuru]

Hi guys,

Just retired my old linkstation, which I have fully unlocked using FreeLink and it is now running the latest Debian Squeeze with latest kernel.

It's all setup to go with Lighttpd, NZBGet, WebMin, Samba and SSH

Wondering what it's worth, as all the funky stuff to make it FAR more useful and much faster has been done.

So, any ideas?

[DigiGuru]

Anyone?

[abaxas]

I've bought a few off ebay recently. Freelink is great, so been helping mates with an install including mediatomb and transmission.

Last week, £40 for 500 gig version

Week before, £36 for a 250.

Note : these are prices delivered.

Quick q.... have you changed uboot settings so you can install more modern kernel? If so, do you have the required serial adapter too?

[DigiGuru]

Hi,

I made all the advanced changes using a SATA connection and a Knoppix install, so no serial adapter needed.

I hadn't realised the prices were so bad for these boxes, as they are fantastic little things, at £36 it'd be more worthwhile keeping it :|

[abaxas]

Hi,

I made all the advanced changes using a SATA connection and a Knoppix install, so no serial adapter needed.

I hadn't realised the prices were so bad for these boxes, as they are fantastic little things, at £36 it'd be more worthwhile keeping it :|

100% agree.

Another thing to consider is the easy ipkg install.

No need to freelink, but a nice packge system with almost everything you could ever want.

Any chance of a bit of a info swap. I wouldnt mind a copy of you kernel,modules and kernel config file. I'm still running 2.6.16 so an uprade would be nice.

[abaxas]

Hi,

I made all the advanced changes using a SATA connection and a Knoppix install, so no serial adapter needed.

I hadn't realised the prices were so bad for these boxes, as they are fantastic little things, at £36 it'd be more worthwhile keeping it :|

The reason for the cheapness is they are EOL. Ebuyer were doing 320gig ones for £50 new about 6 months ago.

[DigiGuru]

I'll have a look at getting that data off for you and confirming exact versions, but the thread I used was here:

http://forum.buffalo.nas-central.org...=72241&#p72241

Currently running the Lenny-armel image 0.3.2 build