Disk with extended partition but I cannot create a directory. Where is /dev/sda2 stored so I can create directory? Cheers, Stephen > On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Eric Blake <eblake@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 03/25/2015 11:23 PM, Stephen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have disk pool with 3 partitions with plenty space left over >> but cannot add anymore partitions. Any idea how to >> work through this. > > I'm guessing your disk is partitioned using older MBR records (typical > of BIOS) and not newer GPT records (typical of UEFI). An MBR disk can > only have 4 primary partitions; to fake having more partitions than > that, one of those four partitions must be reserved as an extended > partion that is then further subdivided into all other extended > partitions. You haven't show the actual layout of your disk or what > command you are attempting that is failing, but I'm guessing that you > are failing because you are attempting to request a new primary > partition when you are at the point where you can only create an > extended partition. > >> >> >> 1TB = 2 Pools = 1 dir = 1 partion = allow allocates 50GB/ea >> 1 disk = 3 partitons >> 300GB unused >> >> Storage Pool Options are: fs, iscsi, logical, mpath,netfs,scsi > > Okay, now you are confusing me. I am not sure what you are attempting > to try, nor what is failing, because there are simply not enough details > here (are you trying to use a disk pool, or an fs pool, or something else?) > > -- > Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list virt-tools-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
