USB external drive

[kenny70]

Don't know if i'm doing something wrong or my drive is not compatible but wont show as connected.
Its a WD 3tb my book

log


Apr 17 12:01:07 daemon info kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Apr 17 12:01:07 daemon info kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Apr 17 12:01:07 daemon info kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Apr 17 12:01:12 daemon notice kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD My Book 1140 1019 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Apr 17 12:01:12 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Spinning up disk...
Apr 17 12:01:13 daemon info kernel: .
Apr 17 12:01:14 daemon info kernel: .
Apr 17 12:01:15 daemon info kernel: .
Apr 17 12:01:16 daemon info kernel: .
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon info kernel: .ready
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon err kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Too big for this kernel. Use a kernel compiled with support for large block devices.
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Unsupported sector size -79.
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 0 512-byte hardware sectors: (0 B/0 B)
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon err kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
Apr 17 12:01:18 daemon err kernel: FAT: unable to read boot sector
Apr 17 12:01:18 daemon err kernel: EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock


kenny

[billion_fan]

Don't know if i'm doing something wrong or my drive is not compatible but wont show as connected.
Its a WD 3tb my book

log


Apr 17 12:01:07 daemon info kernel: usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Apr 17 12:01:07 daemon info kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Apr 17 12:01:07 daemon info kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Apr 17 12:01:12 daemon notice kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access WD My Book 1140 1019 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
Apr 17 12:01:12 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Spinning up disk...
Apr 17 12:01:13 daemon info kernel: .
Apr 17 12:01:14 daemon info kernel: .
Apr 17 12:01:15 daemon info kernel: .
Apr 17 12:01:16 daemon info kernel: .
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon info kernel: .ready
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon err kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Too big for this kernel. Use a kernel compiled with support for large block devices.
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Unsupported sector size -79.
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 0 512-byte hardware sectors: (0 B/0 B)
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon err kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 17 12:01:17 daemon notice kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
Apr 17 12:01:18 daemon err kernel: FAT: unable to read boot sector
Apr 17 12:01:18 daemon err kernel: EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock


kenny

From the log it is unable to read your boot sector. As the hard drive is too big refer to this log "Too big for this kernel. Use a kernel compiled with support for large block devices"

Have you tried the beta firmware?? Link below

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=919

[kenny70]

yes tried that first before I posted

[billion_fan]

yes tried that first before I posted

Let me check with enginners the max supported size for a external HD.

[kenny70]

any update on this

kenny

[billion_fan]

any update on this

kenny

No reply yet, chasing them now

[billion_fan]

any update on this

kenny

Max hard drive size that the 7800xxxx supports is 2tb.

[kenny70]

thanks for letting me know

kenny

[marko988]

Hi, I'm posting here, because I've a problem related to the external drive feature of the 7800dxl.

I connected a 250gb hard drive (with two partitions, ntfs and fat32), the storage device info in the router admin page shows properly both of the partitions, but it's not so clear how I'm supposed to access to the disk from a device connected to the network, in order to create a NAS, using the disk to share contents with all the devices!

I've looked for external hard drives both from a windows pc that from a Mac and there's no trace of the shared disk...

Any help?

(I attach the screenshot of the USB setting from the admin configuration page)

[billion_fan]

Hi, I'm posting here, because I've a problem related to the external drive feature of the 7800dxl.

I connected a 250gb hard drive (with two partitions, ntfs and fat32), the storage device info in the router admin page shows properly both of the partitions, but it's not so clear how I'm supposed to access to the disk from a device connected to the network, in order to create a NAS, using the disk to share contents with all the devices!

I've looked for external hard drives both from a windows pc that from a Mac and there's no trace of the shared disk...

Any help?

(I attach the screenshot of the USB setting from the admin configuration page)

Attached is the UK quick start guide, on page 29 you can find how you can access your HD, once you access it you can map the hard drive for ease of access.