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Title: Firmware Upgrade
Post by: Juan Sherrill on October 21, 2009, 10:22:02 AM

Hey,

I'm about to upgrade the firmware of the DNS-323 from 1.02 to 1.07. Will this reformat the hard drives? I'm assuming so, and obviously there will be a total data loss also, correct?

Does anyone know?

Thanks.

Title: Re: Firmware Upgrade
Post by: D-Link Multimedia on October 21, 2009, 10:50:09 AM

Which version of 1.02? 1.02 or 1.02b? If its 1.02 then yes a format is required and you should make sure to backup your data first. If it is 1.02b then no we use the same format structure in 1.07.

Title: Re: Firmware Upgrade
Post by: Juan Sherrill on October 21, 2009, 10:52:15 AM

Yeah, it's 1.02. The firmware date is 1/10/2007.

As I read your post, the firmware will reformat data.

Title: Re: Firmware Upgrade
Post by: D-Link Multimedia on October 21, 2009, 10:54:59 AM

Actually if your firmware is from 2007 that should be 1.02b not 1.02.

1.02 was released in 2006.

Title: Re: Firmware Upgrade
Post by: fordem on October 21, 2009, 10:56:20 AM

Well, well, well - that's an interesting post coming from within D-Link - here's what I have to say.

First - NONE of the firmware updates will reformat the hard drives - some of them may require you to reformat but you will have to click on a button or in some other way agree to the reformat, and yes, if you reformat you will lose all the data unless you have it stored elsewhere.

You mention being at firmware 1.02 - under 1.02 you had a choice of ext2 or ext3 file systems, and ext3 was removed, I believe in the 1.03 firmware - so if you are running an ext3 file system under 1.02, then yes you WILL need to reformat - if you are running ext2 you could get away without a reformat.

Apart from the removal of the ext2 file system, there was a change to the partition structure in either the 1.04 or 1.05 firmwares, so that it will prompt you to reformat, but will allow you to skip the reformat and access your data.

There is also another change in between the 1.07 & 1.08beta firmwares, although I cannot state definitively what this change is - but since the release of the 1.08 beta is an "anyday now" expectation, you might want to hold off that upgrade until it is released and then make one backup, upgrade and reformat deal.

Title: Re: Firmware Upgrade
Post by: Juan Sherrill on October 21, 2009, 11:03:02 AM

Here is exactly what it says:

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