NASLite Network Attached Storage

Just installed NASLite HDD on a disk which creates a very small partition for the OS, how do you utilise the rest of the space on the drive for storage?

The manual states "If a fixed disk is used, it is possible to
configure and use the remaining capacity of the
fixed disk as storage."

No option in initial setup and can not find any info in manual as to how to do this.

rgds Mont

Disk will be available for formatting in the admin interface as a standard storage drive.

Thanks for the reply Tony but I have already been there and the option to format is not there! Option 8 which should be format is just a star symbol and unavailable.

Tried a reinstall and before making any changes to the config, admin-storage-option 8 is available. Formatting is done and then upon reboot missing operating sytem is presented (ie: no NASLite).

Before formatting the disk (Maxtor 80 Gb) is shown in storage as disk-0 boot/config device, it is the only drive at present in the unit.

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong as following PDF how to but no success!

Tried yet another re-install.
Set & saved IP Address.
Set & saved licensing code.
Set & saved unlock code.
Rebooted & went to the storage option and this what I get!

DISK-0 CONFIGURATION MENU

Disk Model: Maxtor 6Y080L0, SN# Y3J4RB7E, v.YAR41VW0
Interface: IDE, HOST-0, BUS-0, TARGET-0, LUN-0
Status: NOT MOUNTED - BOOT/CONFIG DEVICE

1 - Export Disk-0 [ -- ] (RW, RO, --)
2 - Set Disk-0 Capacity Alarm [ -- ] (75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 99, --)
3 - Set Disk-0 S.M.A.R.T. [ -- ] (ON, --)
4 - Run Disk-0 Extended S.M.A.R.T. Self-Test
5 - Check Disk-0 Filesystem
6 - Check and Repair Disk-0 Filesystem
7 - Apply Journal to Disk-0 Filesystem
* - Format Disk-0
* - Mirror to Disk-0 [ NONE ]

R - Return To Storage Configuration Menu

No option to format. Does the drive require any preparation before installing? Do any of the above fields need need changing?

This is the only drive in the unit, is it possible to use the remaining disk space, if yes how do you set it up!

rgds mont

Couple of things:

1. Do you have an old USB Flash installed that was used to boot the system prior to the HDD install. If so, remove it.

2. Set the drive to RW (Option 1), save and reboot. Check and see the condition again.

If you are not successful with the above, post a copy of your syslog after reboot so we can take a closer look at what the kernel has to say...

Here is what mine looks like. I can do the 8 and it does go to a format mode.

I don't have the Unlock code yet. Because I waiting to get a new small system in the mail. I will use a 320 GB hard drive in it then too. This is a 80 GB drive and I my use that as a 2nd one.

Maybe you do have some USB drive on it.

No USB flash on this machine. Just turned machine on and setting RW (option 1) is not available again.

Changed HDD to a brand new WD 160 GB and exactly the same! (see below.)
DISK-0 CONFIGURATION MENU

Disk Model: WDC WD1600BB-55RDA0, SN# WD-WCANMH947351, v.20.00K20
Interface: IDE, HOST-0, BUS-0, TARGET-0, LUN-0
Status: NOT MOUNTED

* - Export Disk-0 [ -- ] (RW, RO, --)
* - Set Disk-0 Capacity Alarm [ -- ] (75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 99, --)
* - Set Disk-0 S.M.A.R.T. [ -- ] (ON, --)
4 - Run Disk-0 Extended S.M.A.R.T. Self-Test
* - Check Disk-0 Filesystem
* - Check and Repair Disk-0 Filesystem
* - Apply Journal to Disk-0 Filesystem
8 - Format Disk-0
* - Mirror to Disk-0 [ NONE ]

R - Return To Storage Configuration Men

Rebooted and syslog pasted below.

System Message Log:

Nov 1 17:27:25 user.notice kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2007.03.15-22:03+0000)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: Linux version 2.4.35.NASLite (root@tzt) (gcc version 3.4.6) #2 Sun Aug 12 09:03:16 EDT 2007
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000002fff0000 (usable)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000002fff0000 - 000000002fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000002fff3000 - 0000000030000000 (ACPI data)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.notice kernel: 0MB HIGHMEM available.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.notice kernel: 767MB LOWMEM available.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 196592
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: zone(1): 192496 pages.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 VT8371 ) @ 0x000f7900
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 VT8371 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x2fff3000
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 VT8371 AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x2fff3040
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 VT8371 AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000c) @ 0x00000000
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: Kernel command line: rw root=/dev/ram0 initrd=NASLite.02 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=naslite.01
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: Detected 800.064 MHz processor.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: Calibrating delay loop. 1595.80 BogoMIPS
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Memory: 771108k/786368k available (2214k kernel code, 14872k reserved, 642k data, 540k init, 0k highmem)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.debug kernel: CPU: After generic, caps: 0183f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000000
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.debug kernel: CPU: Common caps: 0183f9ff c1c7f9ff 00000000 00000000
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) processor stepping 02
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore. done.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction. OK.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Level Trigger.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb4e0, last bus=2
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: System [ACPI] (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (00:00)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: Disabling VIA memory write queue (PCI ID 0305, rev 02): [55] 89 & 1f -> 09
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: PCI: Via IRQ fixup
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.debug kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 1 3 4 *5 6 7 10 11 12 14 15)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 *10 11 12 14 15)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12 14 15)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 1 3 4 5 6 *7 10 11 12 14 15)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 7
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 5
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: Starting kswapd
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: devfs: boot_options: 0x1
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1 C2, 2 throttling states)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre12 (Aug 9, 2002)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: 1e1.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: eth0: Lite-On 82c168 PNIC rev 32 at 0xb000, 00:A0:CC:41:BA:41, IRQ 11.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k4
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: dgrs: SW=$Id: dgrs.c,v 1.13 2000/06/06 04:07:00 rick Exp $ FW=Build 550 11/16/96 03:45:15
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: FW Version=$Version$
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: pcnet32.c:v1.30h 06.24.2004 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ThunderLAN driver v1.15
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: TLAN: 0 devices installed, PCI: 0 EISA: 0
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: sk98lin: No adapter found.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.50.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:07.1
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 16
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686a (rev 22) IDE UDMA66 controller on pci00:07.1
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa000-0xa007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa008-0xa00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: hda: WDC WD1600BB-55RDA0, ATA DISK drive
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: hdc: Hewlett-Packard DVD Writer 200, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: hdd: LITE-ON LTR-48125S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: hda: attached ide-disk driver.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: hda: host protected area => 1
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hda: 312581808 sectors (160042 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63, UDMA(66)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Partition check:
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 2.4 Build 5
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1-3 Aug 12 2007 09:05:44)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: scsi: Detection failed (no card)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.notice kernel: megaraid: v2.10.10.1 (Release Date: Thu Jan 27 16:19:44 EDT 2005)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.04
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Found 0 PCI Storage RAID Controllers
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.037.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: 3w-xxxx: No cards found.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.debug kernel: libata version 1.20 loaded.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1074 $ Ben Collins
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.err kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io = 1)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:0f.3: PCI device 10b9:5239
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:0f.3: irq 10, pci mem f0808000
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: ehci_hcd 00:0f.3: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: 6 ports detected
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xa400, IRQ 7
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xa800, IRQ 7
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: host/usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xf080a000, IRQ 7
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: host/usb-ohci.c: usb-00:0f.0, PCI device 10b9:5237
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: host/usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xf080c000, IRQ 11
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: host/usb-ohci.c: usb-00:0f.1, PCI device 10b9:5237
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: host/usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xf080e000, IRQ 5
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: host/usb-ohci.c: usb-00:0f.2, PCI device 10b9:5237
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbkbd
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usbkbd.c: :USB HID Boot Protocol keyboard driver
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: 64Kbytes
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.notice kernel: RAMDISK: NASLite file system found at block 0
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: .<6>hub.c: new USB device 00:0f.3-2, assigned address 2
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: <6>hub.c: USB hub found
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: .<6>hub.c: 4 ports detected
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: <6>Freeing initrd memory: 1962k freed
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.warn kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 540k freed
Nov 1 17:27:25 user.info kernel: eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 45e1.


Rgds Mont

The above appears normal. Format ( Opton 8 ) is available for the 160G so that should be your next step. When format is complete, apply journal ( 7 ), set to RW, make any other adjustments that you may want, save settings and reboot.

You should probably do a reinstall on the 80G and start from there.

Success with install on the WD160 Gb. Tried with the 80 GB Maxtor and failed at the formatting stage, so looks like that was a duffer from the start! (Was only using for testing purposes anyway).

Mant thanks for all your help!

Rgds Mont

So bad drive it is then