Hi,
I am finally replacing an old and now failed drive with a new one.
I normally create a partition the size of the entire disk and add that but whilst checking the sizes marry up i noticed that is an odity...
Below is an fdisk dump of all the drives in my RAID6 array
sdc---
/dev/sdc1 2048 1953525167 976761560 fd Linux raid autodetect
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Seems to be different to sda say which is also '1TB'
sda---
/dev/sda1 63 1953520064 976760001 fd Linux raid autodetect
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Now i read somewhere that the sizes flucuate but as some core value remains the same can anyone confirm if this is the case?
I am reluctant to add to my array until i know for sure...
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xabb7ea39
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 1953520064 976760001 fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 976768064 488384001 fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
81 heads, 63 sectors/track, 382818 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc7314361
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 2048 1953525167 976761560 fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sdd: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 63 1465144064 732572001 fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sde: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 63 1953520064 976760001 fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sdf: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4d291cc0
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdf1 63 1953520064 976760001 fd Linux raid autodetect
Disk /dev/sdg: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdg1 63 1465144064 732572001 fd Linux raid autodetect
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