[SOLVED] Pogoplug series 4: Trying to mount 4TB HFS+ USB HD

[winestock]

Hi,

I am currently running ARM Linux 3.1.10-13 on my Pogoplug series 4. I am trying to mount 4TB hard drives that have been formatted HFS+ (under OS X 10.8.2), journaling has been disabled, GPT partition. I have installed all current system and filesystem updates. I have also installed udev-automount. When I attempt to mount 4TB HFS+ USB hard drives, the hard drive will not mount. This is what is reported in /var/log/messages.log:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
Dec 31 19:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 18.005858] scsi 1:0:0:1: Direct-Access DataTale RSM2QJ2 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
Dec 31 19:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 18.006772] sd 1:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Dec 31 19:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 18.020724] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 7814037152 512-byte logical blocks: (4.00 TB/3.63 TiB)
Dec 31 19:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 18.021564] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Dec 31 19:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 18.036530] sd 1:0:0:1: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
Dec 31 19:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 18.202394] sdb: sdb1 sdb2
Dec 31 19:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 18.220468] Alternate GPT is invalid, using primary GPT.
Dec 31 19:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 21.950853] hfs: invalid secondary volume header
Dec 31 19:00:07 localhost kernel: [ 21.950874] hfs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
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I can plug 2TB HFS+ formatted hard drives (journaling disabled), GPT partition, into the Pogoplug back USB ports and the drives will be mounted R/W without issue. Thoughts on how to resolve this?

[moonman]

There is a bug in HFS driver in linux that doesn't allow large HFS volumes to be mounted. There are multiple threads on the internet. The solution may be to migrate to a different (linux native) filesystem or to break down the hard drive into smaller partitions each <2TB

[winestock]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'T')here is a bug in HFS driver in linux that doesn't allow large HFS volumes to be mounted. There are multiple threads on the internet. The solution may be to migrate to a different (linux native) filesystem or to break down the hard drive into smaller partitions each <2TB

[moonman]

I don't really know if it's being worked on. Many people reported this problem for ubuntu back in 2008 for smaller partitions, mostly ipods, they fixed the problem. But now there are recent reports about larger volumes,over 2TB with the same error message and I don't know if it's being worked on. Unfortunately I lost the link, but you can google for it. There were other threads for other distros as well. Some people reported upgrading kernel >= 3.4 helps, but I don't know if U-Boot for PPv4 supports newer kernels for you to try it, probably not.

[winestock]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'I') don't really know if it's being worked on. Many people reported this problem for ubuntu back in 2008 for smaller partitions, mostly ipods, they fixed the problem. But now there are recent reports about larger volumes,over 2TB with the same error message and I don't know if it's being worked on. Unfortunately I lost the link, but you can google for it. There were other threads for other distros as well. Some people reported upgrading kernel >= 3.4 helps, but I don't know if U-Boot for PPv4 supports newer kernels for you to try it, probably not.

[WarheadsSE]

The PPV4 uboot that Arch Linux ARM supplies can run linux-kirkwood, which is at 3.6.x

[Kurlon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'T')he PPV4 uboot that Arch Linux ARM supplies can run linux-kirkwood, which is at 3.6.x

[moonman]

I just checked CONFIG_LBDAF=y is in the 3.1.10-13 as well so it must be something else.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he PPV4 uboot that Arch Linux ARM supplies can run linux-kirkwood, which is at 3.6.x

[winestock]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'T')he PPV4 uboot that Arch Linux ARM supplies can run linux-kirkwood, which is at 3.6.x

[moonman]

Yes, just run
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -Sy linux-kirkwood')
and overwrite the package "linux"