I am running CentOS release 5.6 on this system. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Jonathan Billings <jsbillin@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > align-check is not supported on the old version of parted in EL5.2. > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann > <margaret_doll@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > parted align-check optimal /dev/sda1 > > Error: Could not stat device align-check - No such file or directory. > > Retry/Cancel? cancel > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Jonathan Billings <jsbillin@xxxxxxxxx> > College of Engineering - CAEN - Unix and Linux Support > -- > 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
