Re: maximum partition size
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On 03/09/08 18:49, hce wrote:
> On 3/10/08, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
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>> On 03/09/08 17:38, hce wrote:
>> > Hi,
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>> > What is the maximum partition size for an external HDD? I tried to use
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>> The location of the drive is irrelevant.
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>> > one partition for a 250 G external HDD for a backup, the partition was
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>> Bigger than 250GB, that's for sure! (I've got a 300GB Firewire
>> drive formatted as ext3.)
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>> > ok, but then the format process was stuck which caused my debian box
>> > freeze. I cannot even turn my debian box off.
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>> If you are on a network, see if you can ssh in from another box.
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> I couldn't ssh it from another box, the system was collapsed.
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>> What does /var/log/syslog say?
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> Please see following syslog after restarting the debian box, it is an
> Ethernet port Enclosure and it is connected over Ethernet cable.
Ah. iSCSI, or something similar?
> Mar 10 08:38:57 debian kernel: ndas-13122791-0: unknown partition table
> Mar 10 08:38:57 debian kernel: ndas: /dev/ndas-13122791-0 enabled
> Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: ndas: IO error occurred at sector
> 0(slot 1): NETWORK_FAIL
> Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev
> ndas-13122791-0, sector 0
> Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: Buffer I/O error on device
> ndas-13122791-0, logical block 0
> Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on
> ndas-13122791-0
> Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: ndas: /dev/ndas-13122791-0 is disabled
> Mar 10 08:50:21 debian kernel: ndas: can't read NDAS control device.
> Mar 10 08:53:15 debian kernel: ndas-13122791-0: p1
> Mar 10 08:53:15 debian kernel: ndas: /dev/ndas-13122791-0 enabled
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> Should I try to format the HDD again (I guess it will be stuck again),
> or could the enclosure and HDD got hardware problem?
Maybe the system is trying to mount the device before the network
starts?
Is this a Ximeta NDAS drive? Do you have the correct driver?
http://code.ximeta.com/trac-ndas/wiki
http://code.ximeta.com/trac-ndas/wiki/HowToBuildDEB
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Jefferson LA USA
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