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Disk capacity expansion error. resize2fs
I have an older ReadyNAS, RAIDar recognizes it as a 1000s, but I swear it was called a ReadyNAS NV when I bought it from Infrant (maybe they are the same thing?). Anyway, it has worked flawlessly over the years expanding from my initial (4) 250GB drives through (4) 1TB drives, however I recently tried to expand again with (4) 2TB drives. Got all 4 installed and resync'd successfully, rebooted (several times now), but keep getting a failure on the expansion:
Disk capacity expansion error. resize2fs
Any help out there for this? I saw some posts from back in 2009, but it was unclear to me if the problem was ever resolved. I'd be happy at this point with 2 volumes of 3TB redundant X-RAID if I could figure out how to get to the extra drive space. The Volume tab seems to indicate it has recognized the proper drive capacity, just can't figure out how to get at it or get it to expand.
Disk capacity expansion error. resize2fs
Any help out there for this? I saw some posts from back in 2009, but it was unclear to me if the problem was ever resolved. I'd be happy at this point with 2 volumes of 3TB redundant X-RAID if I could figure out how to get to the extra drive space. The Volume tab seems to indicate it has recognized the proper drive capacity, just can't figure out how to get at it or get it to expand.
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- What version of RAIDiator is on the unit?
The solution to this problem is to backup your data, do a factory reset (wipes all data, settings, everything) and then restore your data from backup. - Using RAIDiator 4.1.10 ... I have everything backed up, so I guess I can go that route if I must ... how does that fix whatever the problem is? BTW, how do I do a factory reset?
- You last did a factory reset on RAIDiator 3.x or earlier
By doing a factory default (System > Update > Factory Default in Frontview) the disks will be wiped and a clean install will take place. Sparc units that are factory defaulted on RAIDiator 4 use a 16k block size for the volume. With this block size there is improved performance and the volume can expand past 5TB.
You may wish to do a System > Config Backup first (keep the zip file that is downloaded) but if you wish to restore this install add-ons you had installed previously first, then restore the config backup. - Thanks, I will give that a whirl :)
- Doh, so I take it the factory reset reset my password to something which is apparently not 'admin'?
- Looks like 'netgear1' worked
- ah man, my config backup image said it was invalid :(
- Yes, a factory default wipes the configuration completely. For RAIDiator 4.x the default admin password is 'netgear1' as you found out.
Odd. You tried restoring the same zip file that you downloaded before the factory reset? I guess you may need to configure your settings again manually then.
Going back to your first post in the thread is your NAS a desktop NAS or a rackmount NAS? The NV is a 4-bay desktop NAS whilst the 1000s is a 4-bay rackmount NAS.
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