I removed the one partition created by fdisk, because it was too small. fdisk /dev/sda WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted. The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1702051. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) WARNING: The size of this disk is 14.0 TB (13999848554496 bytes). DOS partition table format can not be used on drives for volumes larger than 2.2 TB (2199023255040 bytes). Use parted(1) and GUID partition table format (GPT). Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 13999.8 GB, 13999848554496 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1702051 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Miner, Jonathan W (US SSA) < jonathan.w.miner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ________________________________________ > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] on > behalf of Doll, Margaret Ann [margaret_doll@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 11:14 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: formatting a 12.73 Tb disk on ROCKS 5.2 > > I have a raid-5, /dev/sda on a NAS node that has 12.73 Tb of space. > > mkfs xfs /dev/sda1 > mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) > mkfs.ext2: invalid blocks count - /dev/sda1 > > I can use > > mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 works, but it only formats the first 2Tb of space. > > filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sdb1 19G 2.8G 16G 16% / > /dev/sdb5 875G 200M 830G 1% /state/partition > /dev/sdb2 4.8G 184M 4.4G 5% /var > tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm > /dev/sda1 2.0T 199M 1.9T 1% /bigdisk1 > > How do I get the complete raid system formatted? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sounds like /dev/sda1 is defined as a 2T partition? Run fdisk (or other > partitioning tool) to see what partitions are defined on /dev/sda/ > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
