DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

Just a suggestion...

Remove the disks, reset the unit to factory defaults and then power it up with the JBOD pair inside in the original positions - the unit is supposedly designed so that you can replace a failed unit and it will read the disk configuration off of the disks and configure itself to match.

Thats what I am worried abt too though mine is in std individual disk setting.

I'm afraid once u open the box it will prompt you to FORMAT both the drives! But according to Dlink, the slot on the Right is the default Vol.1 but if your 1st HDD is mounted on left instead with the Right vacant then Left side will be set to Vol.1.

When u add 2nd HD, u will need to swap their physical positions.  Meaning the 1st HDD should go over to Right side.  The the new HDD left side.

Anyway before u start remove 1st HDD and keep a side.  Insert NEW 2nd HDD into RIGHT slot...boot up and format.  Then power down and re insert 1st OLD HDD into slot.

Dlink said this in their FAQ section for DNS323
Question : Why can´t I see my files, on the first drive, after adding a second drive?





If you start with one drive, and it is in the left bay, it will be Volume 1. And when you add the second drive it will become Volume 2 and the right drive will become Volume 1.

At this point, when the user accesses Volume 1, it will appear as if all of the information is gone, but it´s actually on Volume 2.

If you switch the physical position of the first drive to the Right bay, you will be able to access the files.

The reason this happens is:

There are logical volumes and physical volumes.

A physical volume refers to the actual hard drive.
A logical volume refers to a formatted partition.



In Standard mode with one disk , the physical volume is irrelevant and the logical volume is Volume 1 regardless of which bay the drive is in.


In Standard mode with two disks, the physical location of the disks will determine which volume is which drive. Volume 1 is always on the right and Volume 2 is always on the left.

when you tried to view your disks on a PC did you first install ext2ifs or other similar driver?  Windows doesn't have native ext2 support - so you need a driver.  You don't need to actually install linux, you can boot from a live cd - try ubuntu.  What you would do is insert the hdd into the PC, power on, boot from the linux cd and run linux from there without actually installing it and try and access the disk which should automatically be mounted.  (or once ubuntu or other linux has booted you could connect the drive if it is in an external (e.g. sata/usb) enclosure.  BUT it would probably enable R/W access to the drive and may end up doing more harm than good.  When you use ext2ifs in windows you get the option of R/W or R/O.  I have tried both of these methods with a raid1 setup (it worked fine), I think that you are going to have a much harder time with jbod though.  It may not work at all.