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blue68f100 · 12-16-2007, 07:27 PM

The 1000 has a BSD OS with a highly modified XFS file system. Nothing can read it except another snap. The 4200 used the Guardian OS built off RedHat Enterprise Linux. So installing it in a linux box should be able to read it. At lease the OS section. If the data was part of a Raid 5, you only have 1/4 of the main data set. Both can be cleaned by the MFG HD utility. Either by quick Zero or full format with another file system. You can then use an eraser program to fully clean the drive.

12-16-2007, 07:27 PM	#2
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: Re-Using Snap Drives? The 1000 has a BSD OS with a highly modified XFS file system. Nothing can read it except another snap. The 4200 used the Guardian OS built off RedHat Enterprise Linux. So installing it in a linux box should be able to read it. At lease the OS section. If the data was part of a Raid 5, you only have 1/4 of the main data set. Both can be cleaned by the MFG HD utility. Either by quick Zero or full format with another file system. You can then use an eraser program to fully clean the drive. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820