X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,KHOP_DNSBL_BUMP,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_BL,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_L3,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 05:35:48 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <1298428680.20120706053548@mtu-net.ru> To: Matt Seitz , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: BLODA nominee: Seagate GoFlex Home file server In-Reply-To: <1BBEF94B6B46E54980290D150A6F2EDD20C8ED46@SN2PRD0610MB396.namprd06.prod.outlook.com> References: <1BBEF94B6B46E54980290D150A6F2EDD20C8ED46@SN2PRD0610MB396.namprd06.prod.outlook.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Greetings, Matt Seitz! >> From: Earnie Boyd >> Is it possible to convert to NTFS? > Not easily. The GoFlex Home is an appliance that doesn't seem to have a > documented way for users to reformat the file system. But even a FAT file > system supports FAT file attributes, so reformatting to NTFS shouldn't be > necessary. > I have found a back door that gives me ssh access to the GoFlex Home. > However, it appears the GoFlex is running Samba 3.0.x on Linux. I haven't > looked into how Samba handles running on NTFS, so I don't know if that would > help. I strictly don't recommend using NTFS under Linux, especially not for file sharing. There's a chance to encounter spectacular issues, that not easily explained. Notable drop/fluctuation in disc performance is the least of them. > Also, Seagate distributes source for the Linux NTFS-3g driver as part > of their GNU Source Code distribution the server. > So the disk might actually already be formatted using NTFS. You don't need to guess. Check mount output, or "fdisk -l" if your disks partitioned using MBR. (With GPT it might be a bit tricky...) > I found the apparent smb.conf file the server uses, and it looks like it > fails to enable Samba's support for FAT file attributes. If I don't get an > official solution from Seagate, I may try modifying the smb.conf file and > see if that fixes the issue. testparm -sv | grep dos would be interesting to see, but please send it off-list. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 06.07.2012, <05:29> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple