Replacing a drive in a Buffalo Linkstation with a bigger one?

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Hi, I would like to replace the 120 GB drive in my Linkstation with a
500 GB. Is this possible? Can I just replace the drive and try
booting? Will I need to do anything for the Linkstation system to
recognize extra capacity?

Please help. I am Linux-ignorant, but am an EE and a firmware
engineer (DSP on TI chips mostly, no OS experience). So, I will
understand technical stuff, don't be shy. It's just Linux particulars
that are sometimes a mystery to me.

Regards.
VFA
 
Hi, I would like to replace the 120 GB drive in my Linkstation with a
500 GB. Is this possible? Can I just replace the drive and try
booting? Will I need to do anything for the Linkstation system to
recognize extra capacity?
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Yep - it's 100% do able. As I understand it, swap the drive. It will
then boot in to Emergency Mode. Run the latest Firmware update and
you'll have a 500GB linkstation.

The place to look (and ask if it's not there already) is
http://www.linkstationwiki.net

Cheers

Alex
 
Hi, I would like to replace the 120 GB drive in my Linkstation with a
500 GB. Is this possible? Can I just replace the drive and try
Click to expand...

I dont know what a linkstation is, but if it's pc then your bios has to
be able to see such a large hard drive. Condsidering that you only have
a 120 gig drive in that box than it's likely that it wont see a 500 gig
drive.
 
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