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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: FrancZ on June 01, 2015, 01:20:01 PM

Title: Symbolic links for UPnP server, use stock firmware or ALT-F?
Post by: FrancZ on June 01, 2015, 01:20:01 PM

Hi,

I have a pretty old DNS-323 running the official firmware version 1.08. I have back-ups for a large part of the data, but the time involved in back-up and restore is so large that I'd rather not take chances with my data.

I have music, pictures and video scattered all over the volume. It's actually quite organised, in folders per family member, origin of the media, etc.
I have the UPnP AV server pointed at a folder /media/mediashare, in which I copied all files that I wanted to use on UPnP clients. It seemed a good idea at the time, but after years it's getting out of hand.

I'd like to have a "/media/mediashare" folder that contains only symbolic links to the folders that I'd like to use over UPnP. I assume that the UPnP AV server would be able to access all linked folders that way. Regarding that, I have a number of questions:

• Is there any way to get those links in place using stock firmware, or does this require FFP or ALT-F?
• If I would move over to ALT-F, does my data on the disks remain intact or should I update my backup before trying?
• Can I "test-drive" ALT-F from a USB stick, and keep my 1.08 in case something does not work?
• Could I use a temporary ALT-F from USB to create the symbolic links and then restart the 1.08 stock firmware again?

Thanks in advance for your advises,

Franc