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Unread 07-04-2004, 04:19 AM   #113
Marvin_pa
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My Snap 1000 has just booted up with a new 120gb replacement unit in it, thanks to the great work of those gone before. However a few little gotcha's that I came across that might be of interest.

I used DOS rather than Linux. I started by trying the Diskpro software available at http://www.e-mart.com/www however the original drive had a number of bad sector's and Diskpro didn't seem to like that. I then tried Dolly, which worked a treat.

Dolly has changed location to http://sac-ftp.externet.hu/utildisk6.html and the zip file includes a txt manual which is worth a read. My steps to success were -

1. Create a Win9x boot disk and copy dolly.exe to it.
2. Set up my 2 HDD's on the same IDD channel
3. Make the original 40gb HDD as master and the new 120gb HDD as slave
4. Boot from your diskette.
5. Check the BIOS to ensure it can see both HDD's.
6. Run a:\Dolly xhd128: xhd129:
7. Wait HOURS till you're back at the a:\ prompt
8. Set the jumpers on the 120gb HDD back to master and reinstall to the Snap housing
9. Boot up and "find" the IP address using the Assist program (if you're running DHCP)
10. Browse (http) to http://ipaddress/config/debug
11. Type in the command box - config devices info
12. You should get a reply on the device # 1000
13. Again type in the command box - config devices format 10000 /reinit
14. Reboot and wait till the new drive has been formatted
15. Bingo ! a nice big Snap drive :-)

Now to consolidate the data and sell the spares ;-)

Cheers guys !
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