New Release - Firmware Version 2.01.06 for My Book Live (8/2/11)

[Lymedo]

Question....

Has the Time Machine incompatibilty only been resolved for the backup volume on the MBL?

I have a sparsebundle sitting on another volumn and when I try to backup with TM I get the following message:

Time Machine could not complete the backup.

The network backup disk does not support the AFP features.

[whitewater2]

The firmware has only been updated for the MyBookLive, what drive are you using?

[Lymedo]

I'm using the MyBookLive...

Sorry when I say volume I mean share.....they referred to volumes in osx.

So I have a share that is separate from the preconfigured backup share where I have manually created a sparsebundle for Time Machine. When I select this share for TM I get the message posted above.

It worked fine before upgrading to Lion. I assumed that this firmware update would sort it.

[Myron]

A suggestion. During ther update process get the LED on the front of the MBL to actually do something to show that the update process has not halted. Maybe a specific sequence of flashes?  Something like three flashes and then a short pause?  There is not a lot of reassuring feedback to show that the update is actually happening.

[cman548]

I was on 1.02.03.  Went to dashboard, settings, update, check for update.  Found new version and clicked install.

MBl downloaded and installed 1.05.07.  Update was flawless, MBL correctly rebooted when finished.

Then went back to dashboard, settings, update, check, and it's stuck on the "please wait" progress circle.  I've rebooted the router and still not working.  I suppose I will just get the manual download file to go from 1.05.07 to 2.01.06.

[WDTony]

Did you perform the update right after the previous update?

Do you have a lot of data on your drive?

If so, that may be the issue. When an update is performed, the firmware has two copies of itself in a Raid array. When you do the update, it breaks the Raid and updates the firmware. Once the firmware updates, it re-establishes the raid and re-synchronizes itself. This can take up to 20+ minutes for that process to complete. Usually it is a matter of time before it will resume.

[cman548]

well after 1.05.07 update I shut off the laptop and left the house for 6 hours while the WDC finished whatever and went to sleep (set to 30 minutes)

came home, went to dashboard, MBl woke back up, and still no luck.  I'm trying the manual update now and it's been stuck on the Importing File prompt for 15 minutes.  I haven't rebooted the MBL since the auto reboot after 1.05.07.

[cman548]

error.  KB 5657.  not sure what that is...

[deemike]

cman, I am experiencing something similar to you.  I also do not have a large amount of data, about 10% usage.  I have rebooted a couple of times after the first successful update to the same version yours updated to.

However,  I was unable to update to the next one.  I'm at work now so I will attempt again when I get home but would like to see a solution if someone else finds a fix.  Just hangs when "Checking for update" or "Importing File" for a manual update.

Also after the first upgrade last night, it was stuck on the yellow light for a long time, had changed back to green when I woke up in the morning and turned on the computer, still could not update to the latest version though.

[cman548]

well on a whim I tried the "find updates" from settings menu again and it looked like a dead end but it eventually came up with the install screens for 2.00.35.  Agree to uninstall MioNet, etc.  So I went ahead with that, but now it's frozen on the please wait screen again.  could just be a big file?  I dunno, guess I'll let it keep spinning over night.