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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: velocci on April 11, 2011, 10:26:47 AM
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Hi all, does anyone know where in the configuration page do you choose which formatting for the hardrives? I was suggested to use ext3, but I don't know what I originally chose. so I want to go in and see which is being used. I can't find it.
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There isn't any way to see what the file system type is from the web interface.
If you have setup something like ffp so that you can log in, then you can see the type with just running "mount" command.
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what's ffp? do you mean ftp?
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Google "dns-323 ffp" and all will be revealed :)
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there's gota be an easier way.
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How long have you had the unit and what firmware version was on there when you formatted the drives? EXT3 has only been available in the last couple FW releases as I recall.
FFP is pretty simple and offers benefits that may be appropriate to you. Copying 2 files to the NAS is pretty simple :)
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i got the nas with the lastest firmware already on it.
is there a site where I can download these files?
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i got the nas with the lastest firmware already on it.
is there a site where I can download these files?
See this site: http://wiki.dns323.info/
Regards,
Wiggs
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so the two files for version 0.5 is fun_plug and fun_plug.tgz?
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once I put these two files on my DNS-323 and reboot it, what do I do to find out if i formatted my hardrives with ext3?
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You should post in the FFP forum.
Telnet in and type 'mount' as mentioned in post #2
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can i open up a dos windows and type "telnet <dns323_name>" to telnet?
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anyone?
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can i open up a dos windows and type "telnet <dns323_name>" to telnet?
Depends if telnet is enabled in your OS.... try it and see. Open a cmd prompt and type "telnet". If you get a telnet prompt then you are good to go, if not you will either need to enable telnet or use a program such as Putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)
Regards,
Wiggs
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anyone?
Why wait for a reply? Just try it :)
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once I install this ffp on my dns323, is uninstalling it just simply deleting these files?
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once I install this ffp on my dns323, is uninstalling it just simply deleting these files?
Yes - I have done it.
Regards,
Wiggs
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ok i ran the mount command and this is what I get. so am i using ext2 or ext3?
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type ext2 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nodiratime)
/dev/loop0 on /sys/crfs type squashfs (ro)
/dev/md0 on /mnt/HD_a2 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sda4 on /mnt/HD_a4 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdb4 on /mnt/HD_b4 type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
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1 - It is marginally more complicated than deleting the 2 files, since the gzip file gets expanded to a directory, you must delete the FFP directory as well as the fun_plug script.
2 - This is your Raid 1 mount "/dev/md0 on /mnt/HD_a2 type ext3 (rw)" and these are the remaining non-raid space "/dev/sda4 on /mnt/HD_a4 type ext3 (rw)" and "/dev/sdb4 on /mnt/HD_b4 type ext3 (rw)". All are ext3.
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ok so its all ext3?
what does it mean to have non-raid remaining space? isn't the whole drive raid0?
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If you haven't removed FFP yet, telnet in and type "df -h"
A small portion of the drive is reserved for internal use./ # mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type ext2 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nodiratime)
/dev/loop0 on /sys/crfs type squashfs (ro)
/dev/md0 on /mnt/HD_a2 type ext2 (rw)
/dev/sda4 on /mnt/HD_a4 type ext2 (rw)
/dev/sdb4 on /mnt/HD_b4 type ext2 (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/sdc1 on /mnt/usb type ext2 (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/md0 on /opt type ext2 (rw)
/ # df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
%root% 9.7M 7.6M 1.7M 83% /
/dev/ram0 9.7M 7.6M 1.7M 83% /
/image.cfs 5.7M 5.7M 0 100% /sys/crfs
/dev/md0 916G 400G 517G 44% /mnt/HD_a2
/dev/sda4 487M 29K 487M 1% /mnt/HD_a4
/dev/sdb4 487M 21K 487M 1% /mnt/HD_b4
/dev/sdc1 3.7G 486M 3.1G 14% /mnt/usb
/ #
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so I guess there isn't much to do to speed up the performance of my dns 323. do you know if there are plans for dlink to release a firmware that will increase the performance of it?
and another question, can I use this ffp to transfer files to and from my pc faster than doing it through windows?
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anyone?
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Have you searched the 323 Forum for the words slow or speed? I personally do not think firmware will significantly improve transfer speeds. Many users use FTP to schedule transfers while they are normally sleeping. The application Schedule Download might meet your need. Yon can also use ffp to run FTP.
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is there a good ftp client that's good with scheduling ftp transfers?
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Is rsync an option for you?
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i don't know what that is.
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For rsync, you could start at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync
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ok so its syncronization software. I like to do this stuff manually.