On 11/06/2009 10:24 AM, Steve Campbell wrote: > > Monty Shinn wrote: > >> On 11/06/2009 09:17 AM, Steve Campbell wrote: >> >> >>> Monty Shinn wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 11/06/2009 09:04 AM, Steve Campbell wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I'm running a server with Centos 3 that I have set up a smbfs share to a >>>>> Buffalo LinkStation. The LS has 4 drives configured with RAID 5. Each >>>>> disk has 1 TB capacity, so the resulting drive is approximately 2.7 TB. >>>>> >>>>> When doing a df, the result shows 2 TB, and no used blocks. Is there >>>>> some setting I can change so that Centos sees and uses all 2.7 TB or >>>>> does Centos 3 not support this? >>>>> >>>>> Steve Campbell >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> CentOS mailing list >>>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Setting the blocksize did the trick for me. >>>> >>>> block size = 4096 >>>> >>>> This goes in the "services" section, not global. >>>> >>>> i.e.: >>>> >>>> [xx-01] >>>> comment = xx-01 >>>> path = /data-store >>>> valid users = xx >>>> read only = No >>>> block size = 4096 >>>> >>>> Hope this helps. >>>> >>>> Monty >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I had googled and found something about that setting, but.... >>> >>> Where exactly is this set? What file is that set in? >>> >>> Thanks for the fast reply. >>> >>> steve >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >>> >>> >> It is set in the smb.conf file. It is located under /etc/samba/. >> >> You will have to restart samba for the change to take place. Do that by >> issuing the following: >> >> /etc/init.d/smb restart. >> >> The setting is placed in the share definitions section, not in the >> global settings where server level definitions are placed. >> >> See http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html for >> more details. >> >> excerpt: >> >> >> block size (S) >> >> >> This parameter controls the behavior of smbd(8) >> <http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smbd.8.html> when >> reporting disk free sizes. By default, this reports a disk block >> size of 1024 bytes. >> >> Changing this parameter may have some effect on the efficiency of >> client writes, this is not yet confirmed. This parameter was added >> to allow advanced administrators to change it (usually to a higher >> value) and test the effect it has on client write performance >> without re-compiling the code. As this is an experimental option it >> may be removed in a future release. >> >> Changing this option does not change the disk free reporting size, >> just the block size unit reported to the client. >> >> Default: //|block size|/ = |1024| / >> >> Example: //|block size|/ = |4096|/ >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Monty >> >> >> > OK, now I'm even more confused. I'm not running smb at all now. The only > thing I do is mount the LinkStation using webmin as a smbfs system. It > shows up in my mount as an smbfs system using smbmount. The Centos box > is only acting as a client to the LinkStation, which is a Windows box > running samba shares. Does the smb.conf file control smbmount and smb > clients also. > > The link you provided seems to imply that smb.conf controls how the > machine works when it's a Samba server. > > Sorry to be so thick. > > steve > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > No, I may be the thick one here. I thought you were using your Centos box as a server, not a client. I must have mis-read your original post. Can't really help you much with the Buffalo box. Sorry for sending you down a rabbit trail. Monty