Don't use fdisk, it doesn’t recognize GPT/UFI partitions. use parded: sudo parted /dev/sda "unit B" print sudo parted /dev/sda print
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 > -- Constantine Shulyupin http://www.MakeLinux.co.il/ Embedded Linux Systems Tel Aviv
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