New "RC3" tested on 3TB WD Green

[Federico Bellati]

Dear Joao Cardoso,

i hope my info is useful 4 y work.

I have installed 2 new 3 TB Western Digital on My DNS323 (HW version C1).

Disks

Bay	Dev.	Model	Capacity	Power Status	Temp	Health
right	sda	WDC WD30EZRX-00DC0B0	3000.6 GB	active or idle	32°C/89.6°F	passed
left	sdb	WDC WD30EZRX-00DC0B0	3000.6 GB	active or idle	31°C/87.8°F	passed

I have tried w/ RC2 version of Alt-F but during the disk wizard process i have experimented the "fdisk error":

fdisk: device has more than 2^32 sectors, can't use all of them
fdisk: device has more than 2^32 sectors, can't use all of them

....

...

.....

Creating raid1... failed:

Then i have tried w/ "RC3" version: Alt-F-0.1-snapshot-20121124 in "tryIt" mode.

No problem w/ the disk wizard and after a reboot i have also tried adding user,..... no problems. 

RAID

Dev.	Capacity	Level	State	Status	Action	Done	ETA
md0	2794.0 GB	raid1	clean	OK	idle

Mounted Filesystems

Dev.	Label	Capacity	Available	FS	Mode	Dirty	Automatic FSCK in
md0		2.7TB	2.7TB	ext4	RW		35 mounts or 179 days

The Partitioner say:

Select the disk you want to partition

fdisk: device has more than 2^32 sectors, can't use all of them fdisk: device has more than 2^32 sectors, can't use all of them

but is not a problem.

Let me know if there are some specifics you want me to try out.

Thnks 4 All

EffE

[Joao Cardoso]

On Sunday, December 23, 2012 1:23:16 PM UTC, Federico Bellati wrote:
> Dear Joao Cardoso,
> i hope my info is useful 4 y work.
>
>
> I have installed 2 new 3 TB Western Digital on My DNS323 (HW version C1).
>
>
> DisksBayDev.ModelCapacityPower StatusTempHealthrightsdaWDC WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3000.6 GBactive or idle32°C/89.6°FpassedleftsdbWDC WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3000.6 GBactive or idle31°C/87.8°Fpassed
>
>
>
>
> I have tried w/ RC2 version of Alt-F but during the disk wizard process i have experimented the "fdisk error":
>
>
> fdisk: device has more than 2^32 sectors, can't use all of them
> fdisk: device has more than 2^32 sectors, can't use all of them
>
> ....
> ...
> .....
> Creating raid1... failed:
>
>
>
>
>
> Then i have tried w/ "RC3" version: Alt-F-0.1-snapshot-20121124 in "tryIt" mode.
> No problem w/ the disk wizard and after a reboot i have also tried adding user,..... no problems. 
>
>
>
> RAIDDev.CapacityLevelStateStatusActionDoneETAmd02794.0 GB raid1cleanOKidle
>
> Mounted FilesystemsDev.LabelCapacityAvailableFSModeDirtyAutomatic FSCK inmd02.7TB
>
>

> 2.7TBext4RW35 mounts or 179 days

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> The Partitioner say:
> Select the disk you want to partitionfdisk: device has more than 2^32 sectors, can't use all of them fdisk: device has more than 2^32 sectors, can't use all of them
>
>
>
> but is not a problem.

Thanks for the report.
It is a problem for me ;-)

I ask to new 3TB disk users to please start using the Disk partitioner first, not the disk wizard, and report both success and failure (a screen shot with the resulting partition after hitting the Partition button will be most welcome).

The reason why I ask this is because RAID syncing a 3TB disk takes some 15 hours, according to some reports, and I understand that nobody wants to repeat the procedure.
Starting testing the disk partitioner is very fast, and does not invalidate using the
Disk wizard afterwards.

Thanks.