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Heres what i did and it worked (note that there is probably a step(s) there that can be skipped, however its working so feel free to skip the step(s) if you figure it out and let me know (via comment) if it works with it removed)ġ- left original iomega drive (1tb) in bay 1 and replaced bay 2 with my own 2tb driveĢ- booted and went into drive management and added drive and rebuild raid 1 array – took a while (but not FOREVER)ģ- after that completed, and it booted up, successfully. having ALL the data previously moved to my DNS-321 gives me the ability to not give a damn about the data, in fact i never trust upgrades to go smoothly, so i always copy all the data and delete it from the device i am tinkering with so i can manually queue it all back and manually copy it myself. If youre like me and embrace a KISS way of life, then you damn well want to avoid all those extra steps. There are some page hits when researching ‘upgrading’ drives on this device but some required booting into linux and partitioning and copying files and dl an older unencrypted bios from the web. The boot partition is created on both drives to ensure if one drive fails it can still boot from the other one and once a faulty drive is replaced that it is able to start up properly. Research revealed that the partition and files required for the device to start up are in fact NOT in some sort of onboard memory, but in fact in drive(s). Removed BOTH 1tb OEM drives and replaced with 2tb drives… powered on, get what after googling around discovered is called a WLoD (white light of death) – how so if these drives were working fine when i tested them prior to putting them on. however i have all these drives and i wanted to use 2 of the 2tb size i already own. Now if i didnt have 7 hard drives loitering & littering the space i refer to as my hybrid desk-home office space it would make sense. Nonetheless, it became clear that iomega had intended to continue their monetary gain by simplifying the process and taking the complexity of such activity while at the same time having you return to them and shell out more money in their direction. 2- being a hands-on person, this is undoubtedly the best way for me to learn something. This gives me two valid lessons 1- i should just save headaches and RTFM since it often goes this way. clearly not an easy feat as you will find out why.įirst things first, i love learning and trying new things, but one thing about me is that as much as i love learning, i no longer have the time or luxury to try and do extensive research and properly understand things.
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So i thought, i would replace the 2 x 1tb drives it came bundled with and upgrade them to 2 x 2tb drives with future planning in mind…. however since then, the data i have in my household has grown. I purchased an iomega ix2-200 around a year and a half ago, wonderful device.