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3TB USB on NV 4.1.10?
I tried searching first, found some hits, but no definitive rejection or solution.
I am trying to use an 3 TB Seagate Backup Plus via USB to back up my NV (running 4.1.10) to.
I hooked the drive up to my main computer before connecting it to the NV, and yes, full 3TB are there.
I connected it to the NV, formatted it to EXT3, but it only sees 2 TB of the drive.
/dev/sda1 1.8T 129M 1.8T 1% /USB/USB_HDD_4
So, my question is, is it possible to get the full 3TB through the NV?
What if I formatted the drive to 3TB Ext3 in Ubuntu? Would the NV see it and work with it okay?
Thanks!
I am trying to use an 3 TB Seagate Backup Plus via USB to back up my NV (running 4.1.10) to.
I hooked the drive up to my main computer before connecting it to the NV, and yes, full 3TB are there.
I connected it to the NV, formatted it to EXT3, but it only sees 2 TB of the drive.
/dev/sda1 1.8T 129M 1.8T 1% /USB/USB_HDD_4
So, my question is, is it possible to get the full 3TB through the NV?
What if I formatted the drive to 3TB Ext3 in Ubuntu? Would the NV see it and work with it okay?
Thanks!
3 Replies
- unfortunately, the SPARC based readynas devices do not support any drives over 2tb due to lack of GPT partitioning support.
This includes usb drives, and internal drives, it simply does not understand how to address 3tb+. - Ahhhh crap... I had a 2 TB drive as backup before, then I saw this 3 TB on a Black Friday sale, and thought "wow, with this I can back up the entire nas to it..."
I guess I will have to do it the old way via my main computer.
Thanks! - I'm not sure, but i have faint memories of someone reportedly using the full 3TB with a FAT32 formatted drive. Supposedly you just need to format it on a system that can handle it right, and then it would work. However, i would try it buy filling the drive from the NAS, and then on your PC verify the integrity of the stuff you pushed over...
B!
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