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The size of an external USB disk is 200MB rather than 2TB
I try to format an external USB drive (LaCie 2TB - USB3) with my ultra2+ (RAIDiator 4.2.25) but whatever format I choose (fat32, ext3 or ext4), the size of the partition is always smaller than 200MB! ...
Thanks to you both for your help.
I reformatted the disk on my Mac (there were indeed 2 partitions) as 1 fat32 partition (with MBR). The ultra2+ recognize the disk as a 2TB fat32 disk. I could then reformat it in ext4 and now it seems to run fine.
Stephen you're right: i'd be annoyed if I can't read this disk anymore (since a couple of month, I have every week new disappointment with Netgear NASs anyway). But I have access to other Netgear NASs, and it is possible to read ext format with a Mac (you need to install some extension), so I hope I will still be able to read it.
I'm surprised the ultra2+ don't reformat a disk as a single partition. Does it make any sense?
p
I reformatted the disk on my Mac (there were indeed 2 partitions) as 1 fat32 partition (with MBR). The ultra2+ recognize the disk as a 2TB fat32 disk. I could then reformat it in ext4 and now it seems to run fine.
Stephen you're right: i'd be annoyed if I can't read this disk anymore (since a couple of month, I have every week new disappointment with Netgear NASs anyway). But I have access to other Netgear NASs, and it is possible to read ext format with a Mac (you need to install some extension), so I hope I will still be able to read it.
I'm surprised the ultra2+ don't reformat a disk as a single partition. Does it make any sense?
p
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