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WD20EARS just added on the official HCL - mistake and issues
The official HCL has (quietly !) been updated for Sparc based machines with a 2TB WD desktop class drive: the WD20EARS (http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=82). This is in principle good news as the WD20...
@ddomnick, can you give more info about which models are not 4KB Sectors or a link.
The 4k sector issue has allegedly been addressed for x86 models in 4.2.12:T9 firmware and I am removing each HDD for a minute and re-inserting one at a time and letting them individually re-sync.
At around 30Hrs each I will report back in a few days after it is done, probably in the beta firmware section.
My suggestion to you would be to backup your files and do a Factory install with this firmware as it will also give you ext4 and most importantly 4K aligned sectors.
The 4k sector issue has allegedly been addressed for x86 models in 4.2.12:T9 firmware and I am removing each HDD for a minute and re-inserting one at a time and letting them individually re-sync.
At around 30Hrs each I will report back in a few days after it is done, probably in the beta firmware section.
My suggestion to you would be to backup your files and do a Factory install with this firmware as it will also give you ext4 and most importantly 4K aligned sectors.
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