Introduction
Here is the method to transform a Terastation Pro II RI/TGL R5 to an RH/TGL.
The idea is to use the more recent firmware of the RH/TGL version in order to rebuild/repair the RAID system that is locked in failure (RI/TGL couldn’t repair it).
The unit must be in good condition (all disks presents, not in EM mode).
Needed softwares (from Buffalo site’s):
- TS-RIGL_101-116.zip (RI/TGL firmware)
- tsrhgl-133_32.zip (RH/TGL firmware)
Use a PC with Windows XP (not tested with other windows versions). The PC should be in the same network that the Terastation.
Switch from RI/TGL to RH/TGL
- Uncompress TS-RIGL_101-116.zip
- Uncompress tsrhgl-133_32.zip
- Create a specific directory: TS-RITGL2RHTGL
- Copy from TS-RIGL_101-116 to TS-RITGL2RHTGL:
- link station_version.txt
- TSUpdater.exe
- TSUpdater.ini
- Copy from tsrhgl-133_32 to TS-RITGL2RHTGL:
- hddrootfs.img
- initrd.img
- u-boot.buffalo.updated
- uImage.buffalo
- Edit TSUpdater.ini and add:
- [SpecialFlags]
- Debug=1
- Run TSUpdater.exe (in TS-RITGL2RHTGL)
- Right-click on menu-bar, and select (D: Debug)
- Select « force update », »BOOT », »KERNEL », »HDD » (unselect « Delete User-config », and « Rebuild partition table »: otherwise data will be lost).
- Click Update
- The unit will restart (after a while) in RH/TGL mode (no more iSCSI)
Switch from RH/TGL to RI/TGL
- Uncompress TS-RIGL_101-116.zip
- Uncompress tsrhgl-133_32.zip
- Create a specific directory: TS-RHTGL2RITGL
- Copy from tsrhgl-133_32 to TS-RHTGL2RITGL:
- link station_version.txt
- TSUpdater.exe
- TSUpdater.ini
- Copy from TS-RIGL_101-116 to TS-RHTGL2RITGL:
- hddrootfs.img
- initrd.img
- u-boot.buffalo.updated
- uImage.buffalo
- Edit TSUpdater.ini and add:
- [SpecialFlags]
- Debug=1
- Run TSUpdater.exe (in TS-RHTGL2RITGL)
- Right-click on menu-bar, and select (D: Debug)
- Select « force update », »BOOT », »KERNEL », »HDD » (unselect « Delete User-config », and « Rebuild partition table »: otherwise data will be lost).
- Click Update
- The unit will restart (after a while) in RI/TGL mode (iSCSI is back)