Aloha,
I'm trying to use parted to initialize a 7TB "disk" that will end up with
xfs as its file system. I got it to work in interactive mode after some
experimenting. But I'd like to be able to use the command line.
(parted) mkpart
mkpart
Partition name? []? root
root
File system type? [ext2]?
Start? 0.0GB
0.0GB
End? -1s
-1s
Warning: You requested a partition from 0.00B to 7000GB.
The closest location we can manage is 17.4kB to 7000GB.
Is this still acceptable to you?
Yes/No? yes
yes
(parted) p
p
Model: AMCC 9650SE-8LP DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 7000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17.4kB 7000GB 7000GB xfs root
(parted) quit
parted 1.9.0 23-Jul-2009
The requested output:
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted /dev/sdb
print
unit s print unit chs print
Model: AMCC 9650SE-8LP DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 7000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
Model: AMCC 9650SE-8LP DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 13671727104s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
Model: AMCC 9650SE-8LP DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 851025,166,20
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 851025,255,63. Each cylinder is 8225kB.
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End File system Name Flags
[r...@test:~/] #
1. The documentation section 1.5 does not mention --disable-device-mapper .
2. Section 2.4.7, mkpart, says:
mkpart [part-type fs-type name] start end
I tried:
(parted) mkpart 0 7gb
mkpart 0 7gb
End? 7000
7000
(parted) p
p
Model: AMCC 9650SE-8LP DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 7000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 7000MB 7000MB 512B 0
. I understand why I got 7000MB from 7000. I don't understand why
there was not either an error message because the "gb" was lower case
or the "7gb" did not take.
3. I'm guessing that the following has to do with the "sensible ranges"
logic, but it is not too friendly.
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted /dev/sdb
GNU Parted 1.9.0
Using /dev/sdb
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) mkpart
mkpart
Partition name? []? root
root
File system type? [ext2]?
Start? 0.0
0.0
End? 7000000.0
7000000.0
Error: The location 7000000.0 is outside of the device /dev/sdb.
(parted) unit compact
unit compact
(parted) mkpart
mkpart
Partition name? []? root
root
File system type? [ext2]?
Start? 0.0
0.0
End? 7000.0
7000.0
(parted) p
p
Model: AMCC 9650SE-8LP DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 7000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17.4kB 7000MB 7000MB xfs root
(parted) rm 1
rm 1
(parted) mkpart
mkpart
Partition name? []? root
root
File system type? [ext2]?
Start? 0.0
0.0
End? 6999999.0
6999999.0
Error: The location 6999999.0 is outside of the device /dev/sdb.
(parted) p
p
Model: AMCC 9650SE-8LP DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 7000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
(parted) mkpart
mkpart
Partition name? []? root
root
File system type? [ext2]?
Start? 0.0GB
0.0GB
End? -1s
-1s
Warning: You requested a partition from 0.00B to 7000GB.
The closest location we can manage is 17.4kB to 7000GB.
Is this still acceptable to you?
Yes/No? yes
yes
(parted) p
p
Model: AMCC 9650SE-8LP DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 7000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17.4kB 7000GB 7000GB xfs root
(parted) quit
If it says the disk is 7000GB, it should accept 7000000MB as a valid
end value.
4. What happened here?
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb mkpart 0.0 1GB
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb print
Model: AMCC 9650SE-8LP DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 7000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
[r...@test:~/] #
5. Which number is invalid?
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb mkpart gpt xfs root 0.0 1GB
Error: Invalid number.
[r...@test:~/] #
4. Section 2.4.7, mkpart, says:
mkpart [part-type fs-type name] start end
I tried:
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb mklabel gpt
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb mkpart 0.0GB -1s
/h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/.libs/lt-parted: invalid option
-- '1'
Usage: parted [-hlmsv] [DEVICE [COMMAND [PARAMETERS]]...]
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb mkpart 0.0GB " -1s"
/h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/.libs/lt-parted: invalid token:
-1s
Error: Expecting a file system type.
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb mkpart xfs root 0.0GB -1s
/h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/.libs/lt-parted: invalid option
-- '1'
Usage: parted [-hlmsv] [DEVICE [COMMAND [PARAMETERS]]...]
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb mkpart xfs root 0.0GB " -1s"
/h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/.libs/lt-parted: invalid token:
root
Error: Expecting a file system type.
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb mkpart gpt xfs root 0.0GB " -1s"
Error: Invalid number.
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script /dev/sdb mkpart gpt xfs root 0.0GB -1s
/h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/.libs/lt-parted: invalid option
-- '1'
Usage: parted [-hlmsv] [DEVICE [COMMAND [PARAMETERS]]...]
Normally "[part-type fs-type name]" means that those values are
optional. They do not appear to be.
How does one specify "-1s" on the command line?
[r...@test:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted
--script -- /dev/sdb mkpart 0.0 -1s
/h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/.libs/lt-parted: invalid token:
-1s
Error: Expecting a file system type.
[r...@test:~/] #
Optional?
Mahalo,
Jim
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