Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aah OBE! Congrats! Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 19 December 2013 08:33, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > That worked. I'm not sure how I did it, but I changed the file system, > deleted the volume, and when I reformatted it completely, it shows 2794.39 > GB. > > Thanks! > > Tina > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Probably. Maybe the drive thinks it is still in the raid. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Leo Wesson > > Photographer/Videographer > > 817.733.9157 > > www.leowesson.com > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 18, 2013, at 4:07 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > > > Yes, Windows does that as it initiates the drive, but it was a quick > > > format. Maybe I should do a thorough one? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Leowesson <leowesson at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> Tina, did you reformat the drive after u took it out of the drobo? > > >> > > >> Leo Wesson > > >> www.leowesson.com > > >> > > >>> On Dec 18, 2013, at 15:48, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hi, Geoff - > > >>> > > >>> I still have the Drobo. I just replaced one of its 3TB drives with a > > 4TB > > >>> one and am switching the 3TB to my JBOD enclosure. It is just an > > >> enclosure > > >>> with no software. The drives slide in and out. Right now I have the > > >> Drobo > > >>> with 4 4TB installed. Two JBOD enclosures - they each have 1 3TB > and 3 > > >> 2TB > > >>> drives. I'm replacing one of the 2TB drives in the enclosure with > the > > >> 3TB > > >>> drive that came out of the Drobo. I had counted on having all of the > > 3TB > > >>> to back-up my scans. I didn't have this problem when I installed the > > >> other > > >>> two 3TB drives in the enclosures. Everything is exactly the same so > I > > >>> can't figure out why it's refusing to let me allocate half a terabyte > > of > > >>> space! > > >>> I do wish somebody could come and sit at my computer to figure it > out. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> > > >>> Tina > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Geoff Hopkinson < > hopsternew at gmail.com > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Yep, I was trying to provide some sort of practical response based > on > > >> what > > >>>> was in Tina's query. Many users don't want to have to deal with > > >> partitions > > >>>> and drivers and the like. Living with the 2TB limit might be the > > >> simplest > > >>>> and no risk outcome. Sitting at the machine with Tina would be the > > ideal > > >>>> assistance plan of course. > > >>>> Tina is talking about a non-bootable disk I think. I assume in an > > >> external > > >>>> enclosure. At one point Tina had a Drobo unit ( which can deal with > > the > > >>>> bigger disks of course) but maybe no longer? > > >>>> > > >>>> I've never used any HDD's larger than 2TB as yet so I'll bow out. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Cheers > > >>>> Geoff > > >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> On 19 December 2013 06:20, R. Clayton McKee <rcmphoto at yahoo.com> > > >> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Wed, 12/18/13, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I assume that you have Windows 7 (or Vista)? This can't be > > >>>>>> done with earlier windows than that. > > >>>>>> For whatever its worth, my understanding is that 2 TB is a > > >>>>>> limit due to the way windows deals with partitions. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> It's a limit for some partition types, but not a limit on physical > > >> drive > > >>>>> size. The worst case is that you may have to use multiple > partitions > > >> on > > >>>>> the same physical unit.... As I understand it, most 7 boxes can > > >> handle > > >>>>> physical drives up to something outrageous like 256 TB. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I sub-partition drives routinely as it makes it somewhat easier for > > me > > >> to > > >>>>> organize the system. I've never had any kind of issue with this at > > >> all. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> The partition reservation thing may be a limit in the JBOD box > > firmware > > >>>> or > > >>>>> the indexing routines, neither of which I have any experience with. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> R. Clayton McKee > > >>>>> PhotoJournalist > > >>>>> from somewhere just south of somewhere else... > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Leica Users Group. > > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Tina Manley > > >>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Leica Users Group. > > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tina Manley > > > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >