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Disk capacity expansion error. resize2fs (Readynas NV+F
I'm attempting to upgrade a ReadyNAS NV+ to four 2TB Seagate ST32000542AS. I made sure these were supported under the compatibility list ... 7. The Seagate 2TB LP drive have only been qualified o...
If the forced expansion doesn't work you have two options:
1. Contact technical support (see link in my sig) to get manual expansion or
2. Backup all data and factory default with RAIDiator 4.x (if you still use 3.x you should upgrade). You may wish to do a System > Config Backup as well to backup most settings.
NB: Just in case anyone with a x86 ReadyNas comes across this thread: the block size issue only affects Sparc ReadyNas. Newer x86 ReadyNas use a 4k block size and don't have the expansion issue.
1. Contact technical support (see link in my sig) to get manual expansion or
2. Backup all data and factory default with RAIDiator 4.x (if you still use 3.x you should upgrade). You may wish to do a System > Config Backup as well to backup most settings.
NB: Just in case anyone with a x86 ReadyNas comes across this thread: the block size issue only affects Sparc ReadyNas. Newer x86 ReadyNas use a 4k block size and don't have the expansion issue.
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