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#1 2007-07-29 17:59:56

fourthirtysix
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Registered: 2007-06-23
Posts: 18

Control over block size when formatting the DNS-323?

is there a way to control / set the block size used on the hard drives when the DNS-323 formats itself?

right now, it is using large block sizes of 16384 when formatting some 750GB drives, but this can waste also of space if you have small files.

i can see that there is a mke2fs program, but i cannot remake the filesystem because i use telnet to access the DNS-323 and the telnetd server is mounted on the very device i want to remake the ext2 filesystem with.

can anyone give me a workaround so i can reduce to 4096 or so block size?

thank you

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#2 2007-07-29 19:09:14

transstilben
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From: Germany
Registered: 2007-06-15
Posts: 45
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Re: Control over block size when formatting the DNS-323?

Put the disk into a linux box, reformat it with the block size you want and after that put it back into the DNS-323 and copy
all neccessary things back onto the box ? A little bit of work, but it should do the job.


DNS-323 FW1.03, 500GB-Samsung HD, 4-port USB-Hub, Clients: Vista Home Basic 64 bit, XP-Professional

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#3 2007-07-29 19:39:40

fonz
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From: Berlin
Registered: 2007-02-06
Posts: 1716
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Re: Control over block size when formatting the DNS-323?

Anyone tried to create several partitions? Could be useful to have one or more partitions that the firmware ignores (and doesn't touch with recursive chmod, e.g.).

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