NAS with 320GB HDD connected with TCP/IP or USB only shows 190GB !

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 22:34 -0500, Brian McKee wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 6:06 PM, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux
> <i-ubux at synass.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 11:43 -0500, Brian McKee wrote:
> >  > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:44 AM, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux
> >  > <i-ubux at synass.net> wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > >  Any advise, guidance, hints and suggestions are hot awaited. ;-)
> >  > >  TIA for your help and cheers, svobi
> >  >
> >  > The extra space is taken up with doubled up punctuation ?? ??
> >  >
> >  > :-)   :-)
> >
> >  Hi Brian, well, I was more thinking in terms of Swiss Emmental Cheese:
> >  Too much bubbles !? ;-D
> >
> >
> >  > Sounds like a problem with the NAS cases, not Ubuntu.
> >  > What are they formatted as?
> >
> >  That's another curious thing/question:
> >  Suggested is formatting with FAT32 with its 32GB limit if I am not
> >  mistaken !?
> >
> >  On the other hand: I would appreciate to understand more in the
> >  following terms:
> >  MUST it be FAT32 and why FAT32 (only) !?
> >  I would tend more to ext3 if mainly used with Linux / Ubuntu !
> 
> I have no idea why they would suggest FAT32 other than a 'lowest
> common denominator' approach.
> Heck, even Windows people use NTFS rather than FAT32 where they can.
> I'd do some reading on your NAS manuals - I don't think the problem
> has much to do with Ubuntu ...

Hi Brian, 
Again thanks for your comments, feedback and additional thoughts !

The "Manual" is very little (12xA5 pages) and Win dominated !
Additional explantations is very poor !!

i already wrote to the manufacturer's support and hope to receive some
help !?

Let's see what tales they may tell us !!! ;-D


Well, another reason to stay on FAT32 is my environment:
With FAT32 I am able to exchange and share the content between my 3
OS'es:

Primarily: OS/2 Warp 4 containing a big load of data from begin till end
of 2007
Secondarily: Linux'es, to help me newbie to get all data into Ubuntu and
perhaps other tests
Last: WIN XP PRO, for some data exchange from these SW really not
running either Linux nor OS/2


I am in midst of a "Partition Reorganization" with experimenting the
best configuration for 
our future small but optimal st network solution ! 
There is a thread already and I plan to continue as soon I see it more
clear and 
come with some more difficult questions to finalize my definite setup !!

Cheers, svobi