Doll, Margaret Ann wrote: > parted align-check optimal /dev/sda1 > Error: Could not stat device align-check - No such file or directory. > Retry/Cancel? cancel > Sorry - you should have check the man page. I see it's parted /dev/sda1 align-check optimal > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann > <margaret_doll@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> The drives are Seagate Constellation disks, 1 Tb apiece. I have 15 of >> them in the array. >> >> >> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:25 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Doll, Margaret Ann wrote: >>> > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:09 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Doll, Margaret Ann wrote: >>> >> > The answer came from my vendor at Atipa. >>> >> > >>> >> > You will need to change the partitioning scheme to use GPT in >>> order >>> to >>> >> > enable greater than 2TB support. >>> >> >>> >> Which is what I was saying. >>> >> > >>> >> > # parted -s /dev/sda mklabel gpt >>> >> >>> >> This is command-line version of what I said - I was giving you the >>> >> interactive version. I do not understand why the above would work, >>> and >>> >> what I suggested you do gave you "invalid token". >>> >> > >>> >> > # parted –s /dev/sda rm 1 >>> >> >>> >> The above removes partition 1. >>> >> > >>> >> > # parted –s /dev/sda “mkpart primary xfs 1 -1” >>> >> > >>> >> You've decided to use xfs, yes? And the 1 bothers me, a lot. That's >>> >> either sector or cylinder... and they did *not* tell you to use -a >>> optimal for >>> >> aligning the partition. If you do parted -l, what do you see? >>> >> >>> > [root@nas-0-0 ~]# parted -l >>> > >>> > Model: AMCC 9650SE-16M DISK (scsi) >>> > Disk /dev/sda: 14.0TB >>> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >>> > Partition Table: gpt >>> > >>> > Number Start End Size File system Name Flags >>> > 1 17.4kB 14.0TB 14.0TB xfs primary >>> > >>> > df -h >>> > >>> > /dev/sda1 13T 8.4G 13T 1% /bigdisk1 >>> >>> Yup - if this were a single disk, that would not be a good place to >>> start, >>> esp. if it was a large disk. I don't know how big the drives in the >>> array >>> are, and even though parted says it's 512/512 sector size, most new >>> large >>> drives are, in reality, 4k in hardware/firmware. You *might* consider >>> repartitioning, but start at 2048k, rather than 1. I suspect that if >>> you >>> did >>> parted align-check optimal /dev/sda1 >>> that it would tell you it was not aligned properly. >>> >>> mark >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
