Actually, that's exactly the conclusion I came to :-) 1 - I tried deleting the NTFS partition and creating a new EXT4 using the utility but was not successful. 2 - I then used fdisk in a terminal and it seemed to work but the utility didn't recognize what I'd done in fdisk. 3 - I then connected the disk to my Raspberry PI and used Gparted to create an EXT4 partition on the entire disk. 4 - Back on my Mageia box, The new partition looks OK: [solomon@shlomo1 ~]$ df|grep sdj /dev/sdj1 3.6T 68M 3.4T 1% /run/media/solomon/7677d9e4-9884-4085-a361-e6d2ff4a72db
BUT - in the Mageia utility I see only a "small" EXT4 partition and another 1.9Tb of un-allocated space for a total of only about 60% of the disk. 5 - I then tried Gparted on the Mageia box and everything seems normal. SO - Yes, there seems to be a bug in Mageia's "Manage Disk Partitions" utility. On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 20:26:03 +0300 Constantine Shulyupin <[email protected]> wrote: > It's possible that 2TB is just 32bit LONG_MAX 2147483647 and there is > bug in the utility. > Must to use long long int for disk sizes in bytes. > > > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Shlomo Solomon > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm about to format my new 4Tb drive as Ext4, but before I do, I > > wanted to see how it shows up "out-of-the-box" and got some strange > > results. I'm pretty sure formatting as Ext4 will solve this, but I'm > > curious if anyone can explain the following: > > > > I mounted the drive and I see: > > [solomon@shlomo1 ~]$ df |grep Seagate > > /dev/sdj1 3.7T 203M 3.7T 1% /run/media/solomon/Seagate Expansion > > Drive > > > > > > > > [root@shlomo1 solomon]# fdisk /dev/sdj > > > > Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.24.2). > > Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. > > Be careful before using the write command. > > > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdj: 3.7 TiB, 4000787025920 bytes, 976754645 sectors > > Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes > > Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes > > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes > > Disklabel type: dos > > Disk identifier: 0xc64aae83 > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdj1 2048 976752639 3907002368 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT > > > > > > > > But, when I run the "Manage Disk Partitions" utility in Mageia's > > Control Center I can see 1 "small" NTFS partition and another 1.9Tb > > of un-allocated space for a total of only about 60% of the disk: > > > > Device: sdj1 > > Volume label: Seagate_Expansion_Drive > > DOS drive letter: C (just a guess) > > Type: NTFS-3G > > Size: 465GB (12%) > > > > Empty > > Size: 1.9TB (54%) > > Cylinder 60800 to 328149 > > > > After hitting the "clear all" button I see more or less the proper > > size: Device: sdj > > Size: 3.6TB > > Name: NA4KTWL4 > > > > > > As I wrote, I'm quite sure formatting EXT4 will solve this, but WTF? > > > > > > > > -- > > Shlomo Solomon > > http://the-solomons.net > > Sent by Claws Mail 3.11.1 - KDE 4.12.15 - LINUX Mageia 4 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-il mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > > -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by Claws Mail 3.11.1 - KDE 4.12.15 - LINUX Mageia 4 -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by Claws Mail 3.11.1 - KDE 4.12.15 - LINUX Mageia 4 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
