Re: maximum partition size

On 3/10/08, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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On 03/09/08 17:38, hce wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the maximum partition size for an external HDD? I tried to use


The location of the drive is irrelevant.


> one partition for a 250 G external HDD for a backup, the partition was


Bigger than 250GB, that's for sure! (I've got a 300GB Firewire
drive formatted as ext3.)


> ok, but then the format process was stuck which caused my debian box
> freeze. I cannot even turn my debian box off.


If you are on a network, see if you can ssh in from another box.

I couldn't ssh it from another box, the system was collapsed.

What does /var/log/syslog say?

Please see following syslog after restarting the debian box, it is an
Ethernet port Enclosure and it is connected over Ethernet cable.

Mar 10 08:38:57 debian kernel: ndas-13122791-0: unknown partition table
Mar 10 08:38:57 debian kernel: ndas: /dev/ndas-13122791-0 enabled
Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: ndas: IO error occurred at sector
0(slot 1): NETWORK_FAIL
Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev
ndas-13122791-0, sector 0
Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: Buffer I/O error on device
ndas-13122791-0, logical block 0
Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on
ndas-13122791-0
Mar 10 08:49:10 debian kernel: ndas: /dev/ndas-13122791-0 is disabled
Mar 10 08:50:21 debian kernel: ndas: can't read NDAS control device.
Mar 10 08:53:15 debian kernel: ndas-13122791-0: p1
Mar 10 08:53:15 debian kernel: ndas: /dev/ndas-13122791-0 enabled

Should I try to format the HDD again (I guess it will be stuck again),
or could the enclosure and HDD got hardware problem?

Thanks Ron.

Kind Regards,

Jim


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