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Author Topic: switch from a linksys nas200 to a dns323  (Read 6180 times)

misfit75

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switch from a linksys nas200 to a dns323
« on: January 05, 2009, 05:01:48 PM »
i just got a dns323 to replace my nas200.  can i just put the drive from the nas200 into the dns323 and keep my data? the drive is a 1TB WD set up as a separate disk (ie no raid or jbod)  the nas200 uses ext3 filesystem, but i am kinda nervous about the big orange tag in the box that says the dns323 will format the drives before use. ???
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Re: switch from a linksys nas200 to a dns323
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2009, 05:27:40 PM »
It is going to request you format because the partitions will not match the device however you have to actually click the button before it does anything. I have not personally tried it but you could probably install the disk in the DNS-323 and offload the data somewhere and reformat in order to establish the correct format for the device. I guess the tricky part would be where to offload 1tb of data if you don't have the space somewhere else =P.
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misfit75

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Re: switch from a linksys nas200 to a dns323
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2009, 05:45:01 PM »
well its not 1tb of data its like 200 gigs which i could probably spread around and get off the drive in order to reformat it,  I was just hoping to avoid that.  :-[ The nas200 actually still works (if you want to call it that) but the transfer speed is so slow I was hoping to be able to access the data by just putting the drive in the dns323.
Thanks for the info that it wont just format my drive as soon as i boot it up, that was my main concern.
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etrex

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Re: switch from a linksys nas200 to a dns323
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2009, 08:37:05 PM »
I read someplace to create a 'Public' folder within the root of your drive and the dns-323 will not ask to reformat.  Not sure where I read it, i've been playing with chroot debain on the dns-323 and my head is spinning atm.

bob
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