Re: Formatting a USB Drive

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I dont have a graphical desktop installed.



On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle
> <slackmoehrle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I have a Drobo, connected to a CentOS 6.4 box. The box sees it as
> /dev/sdg.
> >
> > # parted
> > GNU Parted 2.1
> > Using /dev/sda
> > Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
> > (parted) select /dev/sdg
> > Using /dev/sdg
> > (parted) print
> > Model: DROBO DroboPro (scsi)
> > Disk /dev/sdg: 17.6TB
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> > Partition Table: gpt
> >
> > Number  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags
> >
> > (parted)
> >
> > and looking at an example of creating a partition: (parted) mkpart
> primary
> > 106 16179
> >
> > I dont know what to do next since I dont see any partitions listed. I
> dont
> > know what do to for the start and end point, although the man page says
> > "size in MB". Do I just say 0 to (and convert 16.0TB to MB? Yes, I know
> it
> > says 17.6 TB but this model drobo can only support partitions up to 16tb
> > without making a second partition.
> >
> > Can anyone provide some advice on that I am missing conceptually?
>
> If you have a GUI desktop installed you can install the gparted
> package from EPEL. It is easier to use than raw parted and mkfs.
>
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>   Les Mikesell
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