[RESOLVED] Please confirm large drive support

[SPA941]

Anybody can confirm if PogoPlug Pink with Arch Linux installed supports a high capacity ( 2T / 3T / 4T )external hard driver like WD and Seagate.

Thanks.

[WarheadsSE]

With Arch Linux ARMs kernel, I have a 3TB WD attached to my GoFlex Net, which is identical in terms of kernel & SoC.

On all but the oxnas ( ) We run the latest kernels, with the latest capabilities.

Even on the oxnas though, I have a 3TB drive attached without issue.

[kmihelich]

Correct partitioning is all that's needed.

[SPA941]

Thanks for your help, but how to partition it correctly?
like what file system type should I use, do I need to partition it to 3x1T?

Thanks again.

[kmihelich]

Partition with parted or gparted, not regular fdisk, and the filesystem isn't too important. I'd suggest ext4 though.

[SPA941]

Thank you very much guys, I got it.

[gnatmonkee]

I'm very new to Linux, and need some help.

I followed these directions to set up Archlinux on my Seagate Goflex Home.
http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv5 ... oflex-home

The catch is that I have the 3TB version of the Goflex Home. I don't know if it's my inexperience with Linux, or if I have to use parted instead of fdisk to format the drive, but I can't figure out how to mount the big 2.7TB partition so that I can use it as my NAS server via Samba.

Here's what I currently see when I use fdisk to list the partition table:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[root@alarm /]# /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda

WARNING: The size of this disk is 3.0 TB (3000592982016 bytes).
DOS partition table format can not be used on drives for volumes
larger than (2199023255040 bytes) for 512-byte sectors. Use parted(1) and GUID
partition table format (GPT).


The device presents a logical sector size that is smaller than
the physical sector size. Aligning to a physical sector (or optimal
I/O) size boundary is recommended, or performance may be impacted.

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders, total 5860533168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 39086144 19543041 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda2 39086145 4294961684 2127937770 83 Linux
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
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