On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:20:54AM -0700, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle wrote:
> I dont have a graphical desktop installed.
One other option is to boot from a gparted-live CD, which gives you
a GUI long enough to partition your volume, then reboot your normal
system.
Fred
> 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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