Too big for this kernel? 3 TB Disk

[helios]

Hi

When I tried to connect a 3TB Lacie Disk - either through ESATA or USB -
I got the following errors:


Apr 27 14:22:05 bubba kernel: usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device using fsl-ehci and address 4
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: usb-storage: device found at 4
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: input: LaCie big disk quadra as /devices/platform/fsl-ehci.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.1/input/input0
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: input: USB HID v1.11 Device [LaCie big disk quadra] on usb-fsl-ehci.0-1.2
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Apr 27 14:22:06 bubba kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Apr 27 14:22:11 bubba kernel: scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access LaCie BigDisk Quadra 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
Apr 27 14:22:11 bubba kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Too big for this kernel. Use a kernel compiled with support for large block devices.
Apr 27 14:22:11 bubba kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 0 512-byte hardware sectors (0 MB)
Apr 27 14:22:11 bubba kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Apr 27 14:22:11 bubba kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 10 00 00 00
Apr 27 14:22:11 bubba kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 27 14:22:11 bubba kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
Apr 27 14:22:11 bubba kernel: sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Apr 27 14:22:11 bubba kernel: usb-storage: device scan complete


Is there any easy solution here?

Helios

[tor]

Hi Helios,

Unfortunately our kernel does not atm support "Large block devices" as you found out, max size of a single block-device is 2TB. We will support this with our next big update, that includes a big storage handling improvement.

Until then i unfotunately think your only option is to recompile the kernel. This however is not a trivial operation, that at worst can stop your unit from booting. (If i find time i will however try to write a short howto on this.)

/Tor