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Smells Like Burning - Used Incorrect Power Supply
Hi, I had a VERY unfortunate incident a few weeks ago when I was relocating my ReadyNas Duo v2 from my home to a new office. I had moved several other electronic devices as well and when it came ti...
Hi mdgm!
After many setbacks, I FINALLY was able to install Linux 12.04 on my machine as a dual boot... however I still do not have wireless access but will keep cracking away at installing the correct drivers. Anyway, I don't need wireless to check the drive. After plugging in one of my drives in Linux, I get the following error:
This doesn't mean much to me.. however.. I became hopeful that when I opened Disk Utility I could see the drive and that it's SMART status was Healthy. Is there still a chance at recovery?
On another, more expensive note, would it do me any good to just purchase another DUO and pop the disk in? I know that these systems require you to format the drives on the initial boot.. I'd definitely have to work around this somehow and theoretically the drives should have everything they need to work properly in a Netgear ReadyNAS.. Advise?
After many setbacks, I FINALLY was able to install Linux 12.04 on my machine as a dual boot... however I still do not have wireless access but will keep cracking away at installing the correct drivers. Anyway, I don't need wireless to check the drive. After plugging in one of my drives in Linux, I get the following error:
Error mounting: mount: wrong fs type, bad options, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error. In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so
This doesn't mean much to me.. however.. I became hopeful that when I opened Disk Utility I could see the drive and that it's SMART status was Healthy. Is there still a chance at recovery?
On another, more expensive note, would it do me any good to just purchase another DUO and pop the disk in? I know that these systems require you to format the drives on the initial boot.. I'd definitely have to work around this somehow and theoretically the drives should have everything they need to work properly in a Netgear ReadyNAS.. Advise?
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