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#1 2010-06-01 11:11:28

sioban
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Registered: 2010-06-01
Posts: 15

Alt.F firmware

Hi All,

I have a brand new DNS-323 with 2x1.5 To disks.

I would like to know if Alt.f firmware is ok to go to prod (no big bugs) because I would like to use EXT4 instead of EXT2/3.

I know it may be a stupid question, I know it's beta but there's a lot of Beta software in the open source community, and waiting for a full release may be for years.

So my question is : is Alt.f usable (at least as usable as 1.08 smile ?

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#2 2010-06-10 07:05:40

jcard
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From: Portugal
Registered: 2008-09-21
Posts: 289

Re: Alt.F firmware

sioban wrote:

Hi All,

I have a brand new DNS-323 with 2x1.5 To disks.

If it is brand new it probably has a rev-C1 board, look at the bottom of the box.
Alt-F is developed and tested in a rev-B1 board, so A1 and C1 boards are (not yet) supported.

So my question is : is Alt.f usable (at least as usable as 1.08 smile ?

hmmm, beta 2 versus 1.08? four months old versus 3 years? A one man job versus DLink?
You have to wait a few more weeks for Alt-F to reach the 1.08 level :-)

This said, I believe it's pretty usable, perhaps with an old disk, the data is yours. RAID is not yet "automated", only for 0.1B4, meanwhile you need to have RAID and cli knowledge.


Please consider discussing Alt-F at http://groups.google.com/group/alt-f/topics
Please consider filling Alt-F bugs at http://code.google.com/p/alt-f/issues/list

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#3 2010-06-10 08:50:36

sioban
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Registered: 2010-06-01
Posts: 15

Re: Alt.F firmware

Ok, In fact I've tested and I went back to 1.08.

I have a Rev-B1 board

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#4 2010-07-01 14:04:51

HamRadio
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Registered: 2010-02-03
Posts: 12

Re: Alt.F firmware

sioban wrote:

I have a brand new DNS-323 with 2x1.5 To disks.

I would like to know if Alt.f firmware is ok to go to prod (no big bugs) because I would like to use EXT4 instead of EXT2/3.

Hi,
if you (still) have brand new disks and are interested in ext4 why don't you consider native Debian installation?
I have it on my DNS-323 with 2x1.5G disks too (raid1), but I made the mistake to choose ext3 when first installing, so now I'm looking for a good way to migrate to ext4 without risking my data and/or to have an unbootable system :-)
In fact on my desktop I've seen how fast is ext4 when it's time to fsck, where ext3 takes about an hour and half on a 1,5 G filesystem!
Bye.

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#5 2011-10-23 05:02:09

mitre_11
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Registered: 2011-10-23
Posts: 1

Re: Alt.F firmware

Need help. Flashed my DNS-323 toAlt-F-0.1RC1.  I can only view the status page. Eveytime u try to go to another page, asks for password and it wont let me in. Ive tried the default and what i setup. Anyway to go back to DLINK firmware?

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#6 2011-10-23 20:18:20

jcard
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From: Portugal
Registered: 2008-09-21
Posts: 289

Re: Alt.F firmware

mitre_11 wrote:

Need help. Flashed my DNS-323 toAlt-F-0.1RC1.  I can only view the status page. Eveytime u try to go to another page, asks for password and it wont let me in. Ive tried the default and what i setup. Anyway to go back to DLINK firmware?

You have to search Alt-F forum

http://groups.google.com/group/alt-f/br … 1d83947f6#

and also read the instructions to recover, if it applies

http://code.google.com/p/alt-f/wiki/AboutButtonsAndLeds


Please consider discussing Alt-F at http://groups.google.com/group/alt-f/topics
Please consider filling Alt-F bugs at http://code.google.com/p/alt-f/issues/list

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