Thanks to all who replied. Needed to enlarge partition via disklabel (command b) instead of fdisk (see below line OpenBSD area),
sd0> p OpenBSD area: 64-244188000; size: 244187936; free: 244187936 # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 1953525168 0 unused sd0> b Starting sector: [64] Size ('*' for entire disk): [244187936] * sd0*> p OpenBSD area: 64-1953525168; size: 1953525104; free: 1953525104 # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 1953525168 0 unused sd0*> a d offset: [64] size: [1953525104] FS type: [4.2BSD] sd0*> p OpenBSD area: 64-1953525168; size: 1953525104; free: 48 # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 1953525168 0 unused d: 1953525056 64 4.2BSD 8192 65536 1 sd0*> w -->just to note, prior to this I played enough to get fdisk returning Can't read sector 0 and also some kernel panic ...I had to resort to Linux fdisk to write a fresh DOS partition table (there also noticed that the disk had a GPT type partition table which may be the culprit all along somehow). -- Patrick https://monero.how On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 08:02:47AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 04:03:12PM -0400, Patrick wrote: > > > Hello, I tried to create a new partition via disklabel but is limited to > > 244M size ? This is via the SATA interface of an armv7 Allwiner A10 > > (OlinuXino). > > Thanks in advance for any hint. > > > > =disklabel output - note the size of partition c is 1TB but ends up with > > only 244MB. > > > > OpenBSD area: 64-244188000; size: 244187936; free: 244187936 > > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > > c: 1953525168 0 unused > > sd0> a > > partition: [a] d > > offset: [64] > > size: [244187936] 1953525168 > > FS type: [4.2BSD] > > sd0*> p > > OpenBSD area: 64-244188000; size: 244187936; free: 0 > > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > > c: 1953525168 0 unused > > d: 244187936 64 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 > > > > > > --> don't think armv7 uses fdisk ...anyhow fdisk reports OpenBSD MBR > > partition ending sector (15199) vs geometry (121601) ? > > > > Disk: sd0 geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 Sectors] > > Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 > > Starting Ending LBA Info: > > #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 0: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused > > > > 1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused > > > > 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused > > > > *3: A6 0 1 2 - 15199 254 63 [ 64: 244187936 ] OpenBSD > > > > MBR is used. Enlarge the OpenBSD partition, disklabel will adapt its > bounds and you should be good. > > -Otto