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Error making EXT3 filesystem on the USB device
Like every 6 monthes, I wanted to back up a share on an external drive and followed my usual procedure: plug a USB drive on my NVX, format the drive (EXT3) and launch the job.
Surprisingly, the NVX refused to format the drive, here is what I got in the system.log:
As you can see, it was possible to format the drive with FAT32, but not with EXT3. The NVX runs latest radiator: 4.2.24
I tried at home with my Ultra2+ (raidator 4.2.23), and I could format the drive in EXT3 (and the NVX is now doing the backup job).
Last time I tried, and succeded, to format the USB drive on the NVX, it was still running raidator 4.2.22
Is it a known issue (I couldn't find anything on the forum!)?
p
Surprisingly, the NVX refused to format the drive, here is what I got in the system.log:
Jul 26 12:10:25 BU-2TbRaid exportfs[15263]: /etc/exports [2]: Neither 'subtree_check' or 'no_subtree_check' specified for export "*:/USB_HDD_2". Assuming default behaviour ('no_subtree_check'). NOTE: this default has changed since nfs-utils version 1.0.x
Jul 26 12:10:25 BU-2TbRaid exportfs[15263]: /proc/fs/nfs/exports:1: unknown keyword "test-client-(rw"
Jul 26 12:11:53 BU-2TbRaid RAIDiator: Error making EXT3 filesystem on the USB device. [USB_HDD_2]
Jul 26 12:12:58 BU-2TbRaid RAIDiator: Successfully created FAT32 file system on the USB device. [USB_HDD_2]
As you can see, it was possible to format the drive with FAT32, but not with EXT3. The NVX runs latest radiator: 4.2.24
I tried at home with my Ultra2+ (raidator 4.2.23), and I could format the drive in EXT3 (and the NVX is now doing the backup job).
Last time I tried, and succeded, to format the USB drive on the NVX, it was still running raidator 4.2.22
Is it a known issue (I couldn't find anything on the forum!)?
p
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- I have exactly the same error. It must be something to do with the last firmware update as I managed to format my USB drive with ext4 before that. Funny that no one else has logged this ...
Any Netgear Support person reading this - please confirm whether this is a known issue - I have logged a service ticket with Netgear. I'll update this when I receive a reply.
- Thanks chipmunk, and good luck with the support (I have currently 4 active tickets and didn't want to add another one now)
- Hmm ... that doesn't inspire me with confidence about Netgear support ...
- So you're saying formatting a USB disk works on a 64-bit device (Ultra) but not a 32-bit device (NVX)?
I don't have a NVX, but I'm informed that this is a known issue and will be fixed in the next firmware release.
In the meantime if you have SSH access you can do
# apt-get update
# apt-get install e2fslibs
and it will fix the issue.
Not sure if the fix is in the current 4.2.25 beta (not all changes are documented in release notes) but you could try it if you like: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=70385 - @mdgm: I confirm I could format the drive with the ultra2+ (4.2.23), but not with the NVX (4.2.24).
- mdgm - what do the two instructions do?
# apt-get update
# apt-get install e2fslibs
# apt-get update
Downloads an updated list of packages from the sources found in /etc/apt/sources.list
# apt-get install e2fslibs
Downloads and installs the e2fslibs package from the 4.2.24 repository, installing a fixed version that works on 32-bit models such as the NVX.- Many thanks for this. I'll try it when I get home later this week.
Just to confirm that this is a fix for the problem preventing the format of external USB drives with Ext3 or Ext4 on an NVX? - Yes
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