Re: issues

[Jim Thomas]

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Thomas <address@hidden> writes:

 Jim> I'm trying to use parted to initialize a 7TB "disk" that will end up
 Jim> with xfs as its file system.  I got it to work in interactive mode
 Jim> after some experimenting.  But I'd like to be able to use the command
 Jim> line.

 Jim> Of course I now see that the help command says it is

 Jim>     mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END     make a partition

 Jim> and

 Jim>     address@hidden:~/] # /h/thomas/src/parted/parted-1.9.0/parted/parted 
--script -- /dev/sdb mkpart gpt 0.0 -1s
 Jim>     Error: You requested a partition from 0.00B to 7000GB.
 Jim>     The closest location we can manage is 17.4kB to 7000GB.
 Jim>     address@hidden:~/] #

 Jim> works.

Except that it does not :<

    address@hidden:~/] # parted --script /dev/sdb mklabel gpt
    address@hidden:~/] # parted --script -- /dev/sdb mkpart gpt 0 -1s
    Error: You requested a partition from 0.00B to 7000GB.
    The closest location we can manage is 17.4kB to 7000GB.
    address@hidden:~/] # parted /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

    address@hidden:~/] #

So I'm still off to RTFC :<

Mahalo,
Jim