Western Digital My Book World Edition

The World Edition My Books function as Network-attached storage (NAS), by way of an ethernet interface.
It is accessed as a CIFS/SMB shared folder.

MyBook "blue lights"

MyBook specifications.

First steps: enable ssh and start using Linux

Enabling ssh on MyBook: Martin Hinner's hack¹⁾

Login via ssh

Installing optware package manager: mybookworld wikidot community page

Installing an easy to use text editor

Give Mionet to your dog (disable this useless process): Martin Hinner's hack

MyBook as p2p green box!

Transmission torrent p2p client automated installation

NOTE: This dude wants 10 Euro's to download his fake-firmware installer of open-source software. Not cool. It is not a donation the way he has it set up, it is a fee. He should make it public and free. What if someone doesn't use PayPal?

aMule emule p2p client automated installation

MyBook as FTP server

FTPD automated installation

Utilities

Transfer files from/to external USB storage: mybookworld wikidot's

Troubleshooting

Shares don't respond but MyBook is alive: hard disk damaged? Format solution.

MyBook "white light"

MyBook whitelight specifications.

MyBook as p2p green box!

Transmission torrent p2p client automated installation

¹⁾ Instructions in paragraph Making sshd permament should be performed after point Installing an easy to use text editor of this page.
Note. If MyBook gives The drive is currently busy. Please stop using all shares and try again error, stop using all shares (see also Transmission page of my.box project for more), reboot MyBook machine and try again.