New HDD

[gowzel]

Could some one tell me what the + means after the number in the block list. When I put a new HDD in my NS1 there were more + symbols than on the examples given.
Thanks

[Jocko]

The + sign indicates that a round has been performed, and that the true value is slightly larger. To see the exact values​​, you must list with sectors as unit.

This situation appears when the partition size has an odd number of sectors (512 B), but the values ​​shown are calculated with 1kB => round value

[lemonidas]

Hi, I'm also trying to setup a new HDD since the original bit the bucket.
The model is the same as the original network space 2 (lite I think).

I followed the pdf instructions and get the following when pressing 'p'

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Command (m for help): u
Changing display/entry units to cylinders (DEPRECATED!)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa029ccaa

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1          64      513056   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2              65         128      514080   83  Linux
/dev/sdb3             129         192      514080   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb4             193      243201  1951969792+   5  Extended
/dev/sdb5             193         292      802226   83  Linux
/dev/sdb6             293         293        7008+  83  Linux
Partition 6 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sdb7             294         357      513056   83  Linux
Partition 7 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sdb8             358      243201  1950643406   83  Linux
Partition 8 does not start on physical sector boundary.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

hdparm -I /dev/sdb outputs the following:

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Standards:
   Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029)
   Supported: 8 7 6 5
   Likely used: 8
Configuration:
   Logical      max   current
   cylinders   16383   16383
   heads      16   16
   sectors/track   63   63
   --
   CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
   LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455
   LBA48  user addressable sectors: 3907029168
   Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
   Physical Sector size:                  4096 bytes
   Logical Sector-0 offset:                  0 bytes
   device size with M = 1024*1024:     1907729 MBytes
   device size with M = 1000*1000:     2000398 MBytes (2000 GB)
   cache/buffer size  = unknown
   Form Factor: 3.5 inch
   Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200


[Jocko]

Hi lemonidas,

It's a known issue, your disk is an advanced format disk (AF). So you have to use a different partition table.

All information in this post : viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1143&p=7081#p7079

[lemonidas]

Hi lemonidas,

It's a known issue, your disk is an advanced format disk (AF). So you have to use a different partition table.

All information in this post : viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1143&p=7081#p7079

thanks for the quick reply :)

I have a problem though.
I went ahead and finished the guide without issue, and the nas boots fine. I am currently updating to v14. :?

Should I go back and follow this table?

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Partition 1 start 9 end 72
partition 2 start 73 end 136
partition 3 start 137 en 200
partition 4 start 201 end 243200
Partition 5 start 209 end 312
Partition 6 start 321 end 328
Partition 7 start 337 end 400
Partition 8 start 409 end 243200

[Jocko]

Sorry,

but, you must format again your partition table.

When partitions are not properly aligned, the write performance is degraded :mrgreen:

[lemonidas]

Sorry,

but, you must format again your partition table.

When partitions are not properly aligned, the write performance is degraded :mrgreen:

thanks! that was close, I was ready to start saving files on there :shock:

I'm redoing the steps now. And then I guess it's still safe to upgrade to v14 from the web interface right?

[Jocko]

Yes, version 14 is better than version 11 (more features and some bugs are fixed)