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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: Bob Sndrs on August 04, 2009, 05:07:30 AM
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the HDs in the DNS-323? I would like to deal with separate partitions rather than separate files.
Thanks,
Bob S
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To all intents & purposes the answer to your question is NO - the DNS-323 firmware will partition the drives as required the first time they are installed, customs partitions are not supported. The device uses linux ext2 & ext3 file systems (this may depend on the particular firmware) and theoretically you can partition the drive prior to installing it or even after installing it if you can get to a telnet prompt - I would suggest you not take this route unless you are willing to risk the loss of data if/when the unit decides that it does not like your partition structure at some point and repartitions and reformats the disks.
One question - is there really a way to avoid dealing with "separate files"?
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I was hoping that I could just partition them in Linux ext2.......but, it sounds like someday the DNS-323 won't like that and want to reformat.
Thanks for your answer.
Bob S
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I would be the last to say that you can't partition it manually - but - what I will say is that if your partitions do not match what the unit expects, both from a structure and content point of view (configuration files are stored in one of the partitions), then the unit may, at some time, prompt you to reformat and possibly reformat the "other disk".
The scripts that handle the partitioning and formatting of the disks appear to be the most troublesome area of the unit, I won't claim to understand them, in fact, at times I think even the developers don't understand them (there have been reports of the unit incorrectly formatting the other disk - not the one the user is expecting to - and despite several firmware upgrades, the problem seems to remain).
In short - go right ahead and try - but make sure you back up your data.