TS-XL Series: How to create a bootable HDD with F/W ver 1.54
The following procedure outlines the steps required to initialize a new HDD for for TeraStation TS-XL
The software used to write boot image to new HDDs is USB bootable software ( Clonezilla ) .
This procedure requires the following component.
A ) A USB memory device 1 GB or bigger to boot PC with backup software.
B) A windows PC with SATA interface.
C) the following files (click to download files and put in same sub directory):
1. clonezilla-live-20121126-quantal.iso
Clonezilla HDD image writing software
2. tuxboot-0.4.exe
Windows utility to write ISO to USB to make a bootable USB media for PC.
3. 2013-02-27-TSXL.tar.gz
TS-XL The entire bootable disk Image compressed( 3.8 MB )
Preparation:
Prepare a source HDD. To avoid mistakes, format a new HDD FAT32 and copy the image files (item 3 or 4 ) to the source HDD and not PCs existing OS drive.
*** Alternatively, you can use a second USB storage to put source image on it instead of HDD. ***
This is not required but it is recommended in order to avoid the possibility of inadvertently overwriting your PCs HDD. You can copy the image folders directly to PC's existing C: drive as long as you are sure you will not overwrite the HDD. unzip the files2013-02-27-TSXL.tar.gz and copy the folder to root directory of the HDD.
The procedure is as follows:
1- Create a Clonezilla bootable USB:
A. Format your USB memory card (FAT32). Leave USB plugged in PC USB PORT.
B. Run tuxboot-0.4.exe in windows OS. Next, select pre download option and click the "..." button to browse for the file clonezilla-live-20121126-quantal.iso which you have alread downloaded.
Click OK, to write file to USB.