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With the second upgrade I suppose I should have put it in beside one of the original 160Gb's. Instead I put it alongside the first upgrade-- i.e. no more original drives. At that point I got diagnostic blinks and I couldn't reach the web-page. Is it possible it was in fact busy formatting in this state?
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Yes, If the server is busy doing a disk check it can take hours depending o whats it doing. Provide it does not give you the 1x2 led pattern. Waiting for IP but its actually missing or damaged os.
If you did a reset you will be required to use Assist to setup the network setings before you will be able to log in. The format of my 300gig took over 12 hrs so the 500gig may be near the 20-24 hr mark. Asa a rule of thumb, if the disk LED is lite (or bliniking) you do not want to power down the server. It's busy doing something.
You may need to try several disk to see which ones will boot the unit. One you have that you need to make sure it is in the disk0 (10000) position. Then install a second and setup the Mirror again. This will also require a lot of time to build.
At a side note if you have a copy of SpinRite, and none of the drives boot the system, see if it can repair the drive. Surprisingly this has worked on several systems. It just depends on what has happened.
If nothing works I know someone in the Chicago area that may beable to help you.