[j-nsp] M7i Hard Disk Replacement

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:19:41 -0400
> From: Brendan Mannella <bmannella at teraswitch.com>
> Sender: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone has successfully replaced a hard disk on a M7i
> RE-5.0. If so with what model disk, and once installed what is the procedure
> to get the disk back to working/formatted condition.

No magic involved. Just replace it with a disk of the same or greater
capacity. Be sure it's one rated for continuous operation, not a
standard laptop drive. (This will make the drive a lot more expensive!)


Then just "request system snapshot partition" for format, partition, load
the drive.
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