NASLite Network Attached Storage

hello,

i add to my naslite server 2 old disks. in the sys log they are shown with
the model id:

# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hda: WDC WD2000JB-00GVA0, ATA DISK drive
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hdb: WDC WD2000JB-00GVA0, ATA DISK drive
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hdc: Maxtor 96147H6, ATA DISK drive
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hdd: IBM-DTLA-307045, ATA DISK drive
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hda: attached ide-disk driver.
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hda: host protected area => 1
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.info klogd: hda: 390721968 sectors (200050 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=24321/255/63
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hdb: host protected area => 1
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.info klogd: hdb: 390721968 sectors (200050 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=24321/255/63
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hdc: attached ide-disk driver.
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hdc: host protected area => 1
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.info klogd: hdc: setmax LBA 120064896, native 66055248
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.info klogd: hdc: 66055248 sectors (33820 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=65531/16/63
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hdd: attached ide-disk driver.
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.warn klogd: hdd: host protected area => 1
# Mar 31 14:57:32 NAS user.info klogd: hdd: 66055248 sectors (33820 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=65531/16/63

one disk has the capacity of 60 GB the other 46 GB but as you can see red marked in the naslite they are only 30 GB per disk available.

how can i fix this problem?

thanks for your help

hopsing

Make sure in the BIOS the disks are set to NONE or Not Installed.

hello smeyer,

thanks for your answer. i set the disks in bios to none and configured the disks again. unfortunatelly the result is the same i get only 30 gb available.
the 200 gb disks have no problem. any other idea?

hopsing

Hello hopsing

Two possible causes I could think of ... but there may be other issues.

1] Look at http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/quick_specs/diamondmax_60_ultra_ata_100_quick_specs.pdf and make sure that your jumpers do not include a CLJ (Cylinder Limitation Jumper) situation.

OR

2] The drive may have been at one time formatted to a limit of 30 (or 32) GB using special overlay software. Although I may be wrong ... but I am not convinced that NASLite can properly override this limitation when you use "configure drives". I would suggest you get a utility (even from the Maxtor site: http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/View%20By%20Category/Desktop%20Storage/DiamondMax%20Family/Diagnostics&downloadID=113) that allows you to do a low-level format of the drive (losing all data on it) before you put it back in the NASLite box. You can stop the format after about 3-5% progress, as that would have wiped-out any overlay software, but if you're willing to wait, just go thru 100% of it.

Funny how you also have an IBM drive with similar symptoms. Were both drives used in the same computer before ? Are they now both on the same IDE connector ? What is your motherboard manufacturer and model ?

And make sure you use an 80-wire cable (see above Maxtor website reference.)

Georg

the problem is fixed:

as i installed these disks i controlled the boot messages from bios. the disks were not shown. so i changed the jumpers. unfortunatelly in the boot message the disks were anly shown with jumpers for
maxtor: CLJ = cylinder limitation
ibm: 32 GB which should be the same as cylinder limitation

then i done a configuration in the naslite menu without checking for bad blocks. after the reboot there was a stange situation. the full capacity was
shown on the disk button in naslite web menu but in the system it was still
shown as 32 GB. when i mapped it from windows it was also shown as 32 GB.
then i done i configrations with checking for bad blocks. this tooks very long time for each disk ( and this is the reason for my late answer ). but now the disks are shown with the full capacity.

the only open question for me is:

after configure the ibm disk i got the following messages:
LBAsect=70258337, sector=70258336
* Apr 2 18:52:37 NAS user.warn klogd: end_request: I/O error, dev 16:41 (hdd), sector 70258336
* Apr 2 19:27:51 NAS user.warn klogd: hdd: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
* Apr 2 19:27:51 NAS user.warn klogd: hdd: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError },

there were around 15 messages with different sectors. are these sectors marked as "do not use" or is it probably unsecure to save data on these disk?

hopsing