Have DNS-323 on DLINK 1.09 and want to move to Alt-F so how can I do this

[Philmiami Florida]

and NOT mess up my data that is on my drives.
I am on all APPLE iMac devices.
I am on OS X 10.7.5 and have the DNS-323 H/W B1 F/W Ver 1.09 on my gigabyte network.
I don't want to erase my data that I have mirrored on the drives now.
So can someone give me instructions that are laid out in a 1,2,3, kinda way and not so 'techy' leaning for windows machines?
Thanks
philmiami

[João Cardoso]

Just flash the Alt-F-0.1RC4 DNS-323.bin file using the box D-Link firmware upgrade page.

By default Alt-F will use what it finds on the disk *without* changing anything on them.

Be warned that a filesystem check will be started and might last for several hours; during that time you will not see your data. You can watch the fsck check evolution in the status page. *Don't* login until it finishes, as a first time wizard will automatically be started and the disk must be available at that time.

I also noticed that your RAID1 is in the degraded state (not providing redundancy) -- that might deploy a RAID resync, and that can take some 15 hours to accomplish -- but the data will be available meanwhile, although the box will be slower. You can also watch the resync evolution in the Status page.

Thanks
philmiami

[Philmiami Florida]

Thanks, I did not even notice that it was in degraded mode, this might have been because it screwing around I clicked on enable UPnP AV service on the Dlink 1.09 webpage.
I could not UN-check it until it was thru, which took hours.

If I REMOVE one disk and then flash that Alt-F-0.1RC4 bin file will this:
1- Install the new firmware At-F ok?
2- When I put the hard drive back in re-sync it to the new Alt-F firmware without damaging the files structure/data that is on there now?

I have flashed new F/W on there before without removing the disks but that was form Dlink but now I am 15% cautious about doing new F/W that is not manufacturer stuff so I was thinking I should remove one drive.

Thoughts?

philmiami

[João Cardoso]

On Monday, February 10, 2014 3:45:59 PM UTC, Philmiami Florida wrote:

Thanks, I did not even notice that it was in degraded mode, this might have been because it screwing around I clicked on enable UPnP AV service on the Dlink 1.09 webpage.
I could not UN-check it until it was thru, which took hours.

If I REMOVE one disk and then flash that Alt-F-0.1RC4 bin file will this:
1- Install the new firmware At-F ok?

yes. It does not even need disks.

But don't run Alt-F "first login wizard" without any disk (you can do that, but then you must restart the wizard when you insert your disks -- the "first login wizard" is only intended to simplify first time setup, it is not mandatory)

 

2- When I put the hard drive back in re-sync it to the new Alt-F firmware

 

It depends. It might start automatically or you might have to re-add the disk partition  to the existing RAID array.

In any case, I use to advise users to add the "write intent bitmap" option to the RAID1 array, so that resync will be faster (in the future).

Remember that when you start Alt-F with a degraded RAID a fsck will be performed on that disk, and when you latter insert the second disk a long resync or rebuild will happens, because the two disks are now different.

without damaging the files structure/data that is on there now?

Alt-F don't change anything on your disks. But the filesystem check (fsck) and resync (mdadm) might.

I have flashed new F/W on there before without removing the disks but that was form Dlink but now I am 15% cautious about doing new F/W that is not manufacturer stuff so I was thinking I should remove one drive.

Then be sure you have both disks in the same state, i.,e., resync them before flashing Alt-F.

 

[Philmiami Florida]

I did this.....
I am posting questions about can not see my drives/folders
I use OS X 10.7.5