Revision History for
the HP Media Vault FAQ |
25-Nov-2009 |
Updated section on running out of space on an MV2
while UI still shows additional capacity available. Also updated section on recovering data from MV1 drive on a standard Linux System (linked Gerard's C program for displaying volume start points).
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27-Sep-2009 |
Added section to document a procedure to mount an MV2
drive on a Linux system
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22-Sep-2009 |
Added section to the MV2 hacking FAQ to for installing the Transmission Bittorrent Client.
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8-Sep-2009 |
Used CSS and PHP to clean up the site and make it easier to read on wide monitors.
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3-Aug-2009 |
Added "MV1" in many of the top links to help specify whether section applied only to MV1. Added link to a page on
clearing the system drive on the MV1.
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5-Jun-2009 |
Added section on how to use Apple's Mac OS X Time Machine with HP Media Vault, also added small icons ( ) to indicate when link opens a new page.
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4-Apr-2009 |
Updated link for new NTI PC Restore CD ISO image to add drivers for Intel's latest Gbit NIC (VEN/DEV = 8086/10CD).
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31-Mar-2009 |
Added link for Peter Bruun's instructions on using the HP Media Vault as a Java application server.
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10-Mar-2009 |
Added a section about 'Firefox black box'
problem with the MV2. |
21-Feb-2009 |
Added links for Peter Bruun's instructions on turning
the MV2 into a general purpose DB server and prerequisites
for it |
18-Jan-2009 |
Modified firmware section for
MV2 to use the same files that are available on hp.com and also a method
to recover the MV2 keeping the data intact. |
15-Jan-2009 |
Added section on troubleshooting
an MV1 if it appears 'dead'. |
9-Jan-2009 |
Added link
to a web page for those wanting to add functionality to the MV1 |
7-Jan-2009 |
Added link
to a web page about hacking the MV2 to turn it into a web server while
still retaining its original functionality by Peter B. |
18-Nov-2008 |
Added new page with MV2 internal hard drive upgrade provided
by Art H. |
11-Oct-2008 |
Changed MV5000 to MV5020 to reflect the actual model number
for European SKU |
14-Sept-2008 |
Added MV5000 Pro (single drive 500 GB) to the MV1/MV2 comparison
charts. |
27-Aug-2008 |
Added Media Connect to the DLNA
server section. Also fixed up the Xbox360/PS3
streaming section. |
3-Aug-2008 |
Added a link to the hacking section
on how to install a Debian distribution on the MV2 series. |
11-Jul-2008 |
Added a note on a problem where the MV2 runs
out of disk space while there is still space available according to
the web interface. |
9-Jul-2008 |
Clarified the firmware update section
for the MV2 showing the MD5SUM for the bin file and also making a note
that the firmware update mode will put the MV2 at address 169.254.100.100
which is normal. |
23-Jun-2008 |
Added a section on how to replace
the MV1's fans should they become noisy. |
19-Jun-2008 |
Added link to MV2 GPL package in the Open
Source page. |
17-Jun-2008 |
Added warning in MV1/MV2 comparison
section about hacking the MV2 because the root file system is writable
and a hard reset won't restore it. Added warning
about FAT32 file corruption on file sets larger than 100GB. |
6-May-2008 |
Added hard
reset procedure for MV2. |
27-Apr-2008 |
Added to the section on 'Finding
the Media Vault on your network' about resetting the DhcpNodeType in
the registry |
22-Apr-2008 |
Added details to the Serial
Console section on how to hook up a serial port to the MV2. |
17-Apr-2008 |
Added clarifying text in numerous sections of the FAQ to
help differentiate whether it applied to the Generation 1 (MV1) or Generation
2 (MV2) of the Media Vault. |
11-Apr-2008 |
Added a section about
hacking and IPKG to provide links to a page and group to discuss those
topics. |
1-Apr-2008 |
Added more links to product
reviews section about MV2120. Added a new
version of Firefly (1696) to FAQ. Thanks to Patrick S. and Bob
R. |
27-Mar-2008 |
Added link to product
reviews section about MV2120. Also updated telnet
section to explain how to SSH into the MV2 series. |
23-Feb-2008 |
Added section explaining why
there is no defragmentation needed on the Media Vault. |
12-Jan-2008 |
Updated the page the describes the MV's
internal disk format with a link to Steve Pritchard's
method for mounting it directly to a Linux system. |
8-Jan-2008 |
Added comparison
chart of Generation 1 vs. Generation 2 Media Vault |
25-Dec-2007 |
Added link to HP
MediaSmart Server forum. |
23-Dec-2007 |
Added
link to a blog entry about running http server on a different port at
the end of this section.
Also updated the Xbox
360/PlayStation 3 entry to report that the DLNA update allows the PS3
to work with the Media Vault based on a report from the Yahoo user group. |
8-Dec-2007 |
Added a note to the
'Adding capacity to your Media Vault' section to mention that it is
not possible to specify which model/manufacturer should be used because
the models of SATA drives change so frequently. Any model/manufacturer
should work. |
29-Nov-2007 |
Added some more information to the section that discusses
the 1.2 TB maximum
addressable limit to explain that it is not a hard limit, but it's best
not to push too much beyond this limit. |
22-Nov-2007 |
Added link to ver3 of PC
Restore CD ISO image for those experiencing Winbom errors due to missing
NIC drivers. Added link at the end of the software
section to a patch that fixes a bug in Shadow version 3.7.2.12 from
the ver2 install CD. The problem it fixes is where Shadow was converting
scheduled backups into continuous backups. The patch will update Shadow
to version 3.7.2.17 |
21-Nov-2007 |
Added a page and linked it to
the PC Restore
CD section to explain how to change the SATA settings in the BIOS in
the event of a blue screen when booting from the PC Restore CD. |
2-Nov-2007 |
Updated Vista
Issues section with the tip about adding user 'guest' with password
'guest' to get around UAC issue of not being able to execute files directly
from the Media Vault. - Thanks Lynn! |
1-Nov-2007 |
Updated Open Source/GPL section
to include 1.3.5.9 source code and compiling instructions. Updated
PC Restore
CD section to mention password issues when attempting to discover Media
Vaults on the network. |
25-Oct-2007 |
Added section on how to mount
an unmounted volume to recover its data. |
5-Oct-2007 |
Added section to describe disk
format layout. |
12-Sep-2007 |
Added a section to the
Vista section of the FAQ for overcoming problems running programs directly
from the Media Vault when UAC is enabled. |
30-Aug-2007 |
Made note at the end of the
NFS/SMB mounting on Linux section to install portmap if it's slow mounting
the Media Vault as an NFS share. |
22-Aug-2007 |
- Cleaned up some of the text in the remote
sharing section about the order in which to sign up for a Dynamic
DNS service. Previously it was recommended to join a Dynamic DNS
service first, whereas it works better to debug remote sharing using
just the IP address first. Added a link to display external IP
address.
- Added note in TwonkyMedia
install section to ignore script error if installing version 4.4.1 because
there is no longer a /lib directory in Twonky tree.
- Cleaned up language in firmware section
regarding 1.0.4.4/1.0.4.5 firmware because it was a little bit confusing.
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14-Aug-2007 |
Updated the version of TwonkyMedia
Server downloadable from this website from version 4.3 to version 4.4.
Updated the firmware section
to indicate that 1.3.5.9 has been officially released from HP. |
4-Aug-2007 |
Added section on Xbox 360 and
Sony Playstation 3 incompatibilities with the Media Vault's internal
DLNA server and Twonkyvision's DLNA server. Updated the Excessive
drive activity section to mention the memory leak had been fixed in firmware
version 1.3.5.9. |
31-July-2007 |
Added section regarding Windows
Media Player 11 and sharing files from the HP Media Vault. |
17-July-2007 |
Added note in the DLNA
section to mention incompatibility with newer versions of D-Link DSM-520
firmware beyond version 1.01 |
4-July-2007 |
Added some instructions in the hard
drive replacement section, to provide a work around for the authentication
failure that occurs during a nasload when the admin username and password
are set. |
18-June-2007 |
Added some more text to the bottom of the DLNA
- Media Streaming section that discusses how to stream files to a PC.
Some people didn't know that you can just mount the folder to the PC.
Added a link to compiling
instructions for Firefly in the Firefly
section. |
13-Jun-2007 |
Modified sections on adding disk
capacity and resizing volumes to explain
how the 'spanning' works and also to allow a lot of time for resizing of
volumes to complete. |
12-Jun-2007 |
Modified the instructions in Adding
Software, Installing Twonky, and Installing
Firefly to remove the reference to mounting them on /opt which was causing
problems when trying to modify volumes later because the Media Vault would
not cleanly unmount Volume1. Modified the MSRPs in the "Where
to buy" section to reflect recent price drop to $299 and $399 for the
mv2010 and mv2020 respectively. |
4-Jun-2007 |
Added section on how to do
a Linux command line copy from a USB drive attached to the Media Vault
to save time over using a Windows drag-and-drop copy which makes two trips
over the network. |
1-Jun-2007 |
Added page on installing the
Twonky Media Server. Added reference to the mv2040 1TB product in
the 'About the Media Vault' section.
This is a business-oriented product that will be handled through retailers
such as CDW. |
25-May-2007 |
Added a section on how to protect the FTP
server from hanging the Media Vault during a brute force attack. |
20-May-2007 |
Added sections on adding custom software
and on explaining how the startup.sh script
works. Updated Vista Incompatibilities
section to mention the need for using User Mode password-protected shares
when using the internal Backup utility provided in Vista.. |
17-May-2007 |
Added some screenshots of putty and a few Linux commands to
the telnet section. Added link to
firmware version 1.3.5.9 to the firmware section. |
10-May-2007 |
Modified the Software/Backup
Utilities section to address how to find out which version of NTI Shadow
and Drive Backup! software is running and how to update to version 2 of
NTI Shadow and Drive Backup. Simplified the
iTunes server (Firefly) installation page to make it easier for Linux
newbies to use. |
27-Apr-2007 |
Added more instruction to the section on replacing
a hard drive to fix the situation when two Volume1's are present. |
18-Apr-2007 |
Added section on Excessive
Disk activity |
17-Apr-2007 |
Added a new section to explain how Drive
Backup Scheduler works. |
10-Apr-2007 |
Added a section to discuss Mirroring
Tips and added the D-Link DSM-510 to the list of tested DLNA media players. |
3-Apr-2007 |
Modified the section on Backing
up up the media vault to include a section on using the mobile rack
for off-site storage. |
22-Mar-2007 |
Added more information regarding mirroring to the 'Adding
capacity' section to cover the minutes/seconds vs. hours/minutes mirror
rebuilding bug in 1.2.5.6. Also added more details about mirroring,
including not relying on it as a 'backup'. |
21-Mar-2007 |
Made mention of the technique of setting a PC's SATA/RAID
drive to IDE mode in the BIOS in the event that the PC
Restore CD doesn't recognize it. Added a note in the printer
section to map a drive letter before attempting to access a printer if the
MV is set up in User Mode. |
20-Mar-2007 |
Moved 'What's New' link to top of FAQ; added note about VPNs
in section on 'Finding the Media Vault
on your network', added notes to the Software
Utilities section that Version 2 Install and PC Restore CD images are
available for downloading from hp.com. |
28-Feb-2007 |
Added release notes and Open Source links to firmware
section regarding version 1.2.5.6 firmware. |
22-Feb-2007 |
Added new links to latest firmware 1.2.5.6 (under firmware)
and to new installation CD under Software
Utilities. Also updated pricing information and UK distributors
in the 'Where to buy? section'. |
8-Feb-2007 |
Added a section on how to
find your HP Media Vault on your network, including common problems
encountered with the discovery mechanism. |
25-Jan-2007 |
Added information on avoiding spaces in Volume names and keeping
the Volume name to 11 characters or less in the
DLNA Streaming section. |
23-Jan-2007 |
Added more detail in the
drive replacement section on using Nasload.exe |
13-Jan-2007 |
Added more information to the sections Adding
Capacity regarding position of drive, and to User
vs. Workgroup mode about caching of credentials, and more details to
Vista Incompatibilities. Added new
sections on PC Restore CD and Web
Browsing Mode. |
8-Jan-2007 |
Began keeping revision history for this FAQ. Added section
on backing up the Media Vault. |