Unfortunately no one can be told what fun_plug is - you have to see it for yourself.
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edmikeca wrote:
I agree with you in terms of backup/loosing data. I would like to upgrade to next version to take advantages of ext3 file system. So my plan is to: 1. upgrade to new firmware; 2 install second hdd and format it with ext3; 3 backup data; 4 possibly reformat first hdd with new files system and return data. Does it make sense or it makes sense for me only?
I guess I didn't make it clear - without a backup, you are at risk of losing data NOW - even as we speak!!!
Your first step should therefore be to back up the data, before doing anything that increases that risk.
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fordem wrote:
I guess I didn't make it clear - without a backup, you are at risk of losing data NOW - even as we speak!!!
Your first step should therefore be to back up the data, before doing anything that increases that risk.
You made yourself perfectly clear and I do understand risk I’m taking. I guess my question was more about file system… is it worth of moving from ext2 to ext3 or I can happily stay with ext2 with no firmware upgrade?
Thanks
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I think you should read this thread carefully - I had a very similar discussion with another gentleman two or three posts up, take a look at what I advised then.
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fordem wrote:
Perhaps you should research the advantages/disadvantages of the two file systems and then make an informed decision - theoretically ext3 provides additional reliability through the use of journalling, at the expense of performance.
Do you think all funplug users have cleanboot installed?
http://dns323.kood.org/howto:cleanboot
Given that both cleanboot and ext2 repair isn't as easy to install/perform as installing funplug is: Do you think for people that don't use cleanboot nor repair their ext2 filesystem on a regular basis ext3 with journaling might be the better choice?
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7oby wrote:
Given that both cleanboot and ext2 repair isn't as easy to install/perform as installing funplug is: Do you think for people that don't use cleanboot nor repair their ext2 filesystem on a regular basis ext3 with journaling might be the better choice?
Let me answer that this way ...
In three years of running an ext2 file system on my DNS-323, without cleanboot and without doing any file system repairs - I have no regrets and the only data corruption I have experienced related to to the use of ftp with the early 1.08 betas - a problem which was resolved in a later beta.
The only hiccup that I have seen in this time that has caused any pain whatsoever relates to - what I will call "path length limitations" - when transferring data from an XP system, the copy will occasionally fail due to the length of the path - to the best of my knowledge this is a limitation in SAMBA and not the underlying file system, and I have also experienced it on other low cost linux based NAS.
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heres a question, apparently 1.08 contains a built-in disk checking tool, will it work with ext2?
I ask because right now i'm still on 1.05. I use the custom FRODO II 1.05 with only telnet added, that way I can umount all drives, and perform e2fsck once and a while.
So I'm curious, since there is no FRODO II 1.08 FW with ONLY telnet added, will I have a method of checking the drives and keep using EXT2?
please don't answer "you don't need to check the drives".
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I'm on 1.08. There is a /usr/bin/e2fsck - 1.41.0 (10-Jul-2008)
I ran it against my ext2 fs on /dev/md0 (1 TB Raid 1 array), and it ran just fine.
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