This nas is on a ROCKS cluster and I make as few changes as possible as active research and classes keep it in constant use. On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:02 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Doll, Margaret Ann wrote: > > 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. > >> > > I am running CentOS release 5.6 on this system. > > Why have you not updated? RHEL 5.x is at 5.9, and there are a lot of bug > and security fixes.... > > mark > >> > >> 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 > > > > > -- > 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
