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julesg1
Jul 06, 2015Tutor
RN314 4 TB external HDD showing up as 1.8 TB
Hello, I have a Seagate ST4000DM000 HDD that is on the compatibility list. I tried connecting this drive via USB and eSATA but on both cases, the drive is showing up as only 1.8 TB (actually I think i...
StephenB
Jul 06, 2015Guru - Experienced User
FAT32 certainly won't work, it has a max volume size of 2 TB. ext shouldn't have that problem though.
Did you try NTFS? Are you formatting with the NAS or in a PC?
The HCL doesn't apply to external disks btw, only disks you insert into the array.
Did you try NTFS? Are you formatting with the NAS or in a PC?
The HCL doesn't apply to external disks btw, only disks you insert into the array.
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