I have a WL-HDD with a 60 GB hard drive, yet only about 62 MB appear to be accessible (see the following):

[cmhome@CMHOME /]$ fdisk -l

Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 60.0 GB, 60060155904 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7301 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

                                Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1               1        7280    58476568+  83  Linux
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2            7281        7301      168682+  82  Linux swap

[cmhome@CMHOME /]$ df
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                 2944      2944         0 100% /
/dev/discs/disc0/part1    62193     57817      1165  98% /opt


[cmhome@CMHOME /]$ free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:        13948        12732         1216            0         1148
 Swap:       168672         1964       166708
Total:       182620        14696       167924

Is there anything that can be done to free up the remaining space? At present I can neither upload files >1 MB nor install larger packages. I use ProFTP as FTP server and I'm a relative newbie to Linux.

Many thanks in advance.

Regards

Carl Moser

Thanks. But this doesn't help, unfortunately. All I see in /opt/var/log is smbd.log and thttpd.log and none of these log files gives me a hint to why there is a space restriction.

Regards

Carl

Sounds quite strange.

did you try to connect the drive to a computer directly and check out what that reports back regarding size?

ahhh sorry the WL-HDD can't be connected directly to a computer and i don't have a 2.5" hdd adaptor so that isn't an option

any other ideas?

well we have just about reached the limits of my linux knowledge... i'm afraid logread didn't do anything but i did find this.

Jan  1 00:00:02 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.1.3
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Setting the PFC value as 0x15
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Determined physical RAM map:
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel:  memory: 01000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 4096
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: zone(1): 0 pages.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Kernel command line: root=/dev/mtdblock2 noinitrd init=/linuxrc console=ttyS0,115200
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: CPU: BCM4710 rev 0 at 125 MHz
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: !unable to setup serial console!
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 82.94 BogoMIPS
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Memory: 13860k/16384k available (1776k kernel code, 2524k reserved, 248k data, 72k init, 0k highmem)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Buffer-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Checking for 'wait' instruction...  unavailable.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 0
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bridge
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 1
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Starting kswapd
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: devfs: boot_options: 0x1
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O]
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: HDLC line discipline: version $Revision$, maxframe=4096
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: N_HDLC line discipline registered.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: MPPE/MPPC encryption/compression module registered
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel:  Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query Table v1.1 at 0x0040
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Physically mapped flash: Swapping erase regions for broken CFI table.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: number of CFI chips: 1
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Flash device: 0x400000 at 0x1fc00000
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Physically mapped flash: squashfs filesystem found at block 945
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Creating 5 MTD partitions on "Physically mapped flash":
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: 0x00000000-0x00040000 : "pmon"
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: 0x00040000-0x003f0000 : "linux"
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: 0x000ec4e4-0x003f0000 : "rootfs"
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: 0x003f0000-0x00400000 : "nvram"
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: 0x003e0000-0x003f0000 : "flashfs"
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: sflash: chipcommon not found
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 2048)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ip_conntrack version 2.1 (128 buckets, 1024 max) - 344 bytes per conntrack
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ip_conntrack_pptp version 1.9 loaded
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ip_nat_pptp version 1.5 loaded
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ipt_time loading
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: IPv6 v0.8 for NET4.0
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.7 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 5376
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 5376
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: NTFS: Unable to set blocksize 512.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PDC20265: IDE controller on PCI bus 01 dev 08
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 01:01.0 (0004 -> 0007)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PDC20265: chipset revision 2
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PDC20265: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PDC20265: ROM enabled at 0x000d0000
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PDC20265: (U)DMA Burst Bit DISABLED Primary PCI Mode Secondary PCI Mode.
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PDC20265: FORCING BURST BIT 0x00 -> 0x01 ACTIVE
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: MA at 0x0140-0x0147, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel:     ide1: BM-DMA at 0x0148-0x014f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:DMA
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: hda: HTS541040G9AT00, ATA DISK drive
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ide2: ports already in use, skipping probe
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ide3: ports already in use, skipping probe
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ide4: ports already in use, skipping probe
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ide5: ports already in use, skipping probe
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: ide0 at 0x100-0x107,0x10a on irq 6
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: blk: queue c00222e8, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: hda: 78140160 sectors (40008 MB) w/7539KiB Cache, CHS=4864/255/63, UDMA(33)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: Partition check:
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel:  /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM47xx 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Controller 3.90.37.0
Jan  1 00:00:02 udhcpc[39]: Lease of 192.168.1.10 obtained, lease time 864000
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: eth1: Broadcom BCM47xx 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Controller 3.90.37.0
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 01:02.0 (0004 -> 0006)
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: eth2: Broadcom BCM4320 802.11 Wireless Controller 3.90.37.0
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: device eth2 entered promiscuous mode
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: br0: port 3(eth2) entering learning state
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering learning state
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: br0: port 3(eth2) entering forwarding state
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: br0: port 2(eth1) entering forwarding state
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jan  1 00:00:02 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jan  1 00:00:03 dhcp client: bound IP : 192.168.1.10 from 192.168.1.1
Jan  1 00:00:03 kernel: usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xb8004000, IRQ 2
Jan  1 00:00:03 kernel: usb-ohci.c: usb-00:04.0, PCI device 14e4:4715
Jan  1 00:00:03 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jan  1 00:00:03 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jan  1 00:00:03 kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jan  1 00:00:03 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Jan  1 00:00:03 kernel: printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Jan  1 00:00:05 kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Jan 18 10:05:15 dropbear[82]: Running in background
Jan 18 10:05:15 kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Jan 18 10:05:15 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,1), internal journal
Jan 18 10:05:15 kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
Jan 18 10:05:15 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jan 18 10:05:15 kernel: Adding Swap: 498004k swap-space (priority -1)
Jan 18 10:05:16 xinetd[93]: xinetd Version 2.3.14 started with no options compiled in.
Jan 18 10:05:16 xinetd[93]: Started working: 1 available service
Jan 18 10:05:16 thttpd[103]: bind 0.0.0.0 - Address already in use
Jan 18 10:05:20 thttpd[103]: thttpd/2.25b PHP/5.2.0 starting on port 81
Jan 18 10:05:20 thttpd[103]: started as root without requesting chroot(), warning only
Jan 18 10:05:23 ntp client: Synchronizing time with time.nist.gov ...
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev ide0(3,0).
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: MSDOS FS: Using codepage 950
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: MSDOS FS: IO charset cp950
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:00.
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: FAT: freeing iocharset=cp950
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:00.
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev ide0(3,2).[/i]
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: MSDOS FS: Using codepage 950
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: MSDOS FS: IO charset cp950
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:02.
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: FAT: freeing iocharset=cp950
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
Jan 18 10:05:25 kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:02.
Jan 18 10:07:11 dropbear[111]: Child connection from ::ffff:192.168.1.9:2036
Jan 18 10:07:21 dropbear[111]: password auth succeeded for 'admin' from ::ffff:192.168.1.9:2036
Jan 18 10:07:59 dropbear[111]: exit after auth (admin): Exited normally
             
i've highlighted the lines i think are important, the first shows a 40GB hardrive being detected.
second shows 2 partitions being detected (part 1 is a 39.5Gb EXT3 (or should be at least), part 2 is a 500Mb swap)
third shows a 500mb swap being mounted, the lines before this show the EXT3 partition being mounted but give no indication of the size.

The following 2 lines in italics appear to be suggesting that there are additional filesystems on the disc which it can't mount? or am i miss reading the logs?

the only other thing i can think of is the order in which the partitions were created? i think i did things in the following order.

1: create 10Gb partition (part1)
2: create 500mb swap (part2)
3: create remaining space partition (part3)

4: did a load of stuff and decided to scrap it and start again

5: deleted part1 and part3
6: created a new remaining space part1

is this where it went wrong? i would have thought fdisk could figure that one out...

oriarte

I think the easiest way around is to make a backup of your current data.

Then use fdisk to delete both partiotions.

Do a reboot of the router.

Create the partitions you want using fdisk.

If you need more details, let me know :-)

The linux kernel finds 40gigs, so you should be able to use all 40.

That would be the way I would choose.

ftp or samba. But ftp should work just fine.

What kind of errors? Which ftp. serveR? Just Stupidftpd (build-in Olegs Firmware) ?

In that case, install vsftpd and try downloading with that instead.