disk partitions on that aren't recognized by mkfs + parted
Doll, Margaret Ann
margaret_doll at brown.edu
Thu May 5 16:05:34 UTC 2011
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:33 AM, raj sourabh <rajsourabh1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please provide the output of following:
>
> #fdisk -l
>
for the four disks in question
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdh'! The util fdisk
doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sdh: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdh1 1 243201 1953512001 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdi: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdi1 1 243201 1953512001 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdj: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdj1 1 243201 1953512001 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdk: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdk1 1 243201 1953512001 83 Linux
> #df -h
>
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 1.6G 982M 489M 67% /
tmpfs 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda10 883G 449G 389G 54% /home
/dev/sdb1 4.1G 569M 3.4G 15% /var
/dev/sdb2 913G 245G 622G 29% /home2
/dev/sda9 730M 519M 173M 76% /oldvar
/dev/sda8 1.1G 34M 976M 4% /tmp
/dev/sda6 2.1G 72M 2.0G 4% /opt
/dev/sda2 8.1G 3.6G 4.2G 46% /usr
/dev/sda5 3.1G 2.3G 671M 78% /usr/local
/dev/sda1 1.1G 120M 889M 12% /boot
/dev/sdc 12T 12T 183G 99% /m3team
/dev/mapper/vg1-lv1 7.1T 1.6T 5.2T 24% /m3team3
quahog2:/LVM2/crism13
4.9T 191G 4.5T 5% /m3team2
porter2:/m3_usb1 1.8T 96K 1.7T 1% /m3_usb1
porter2:/m3_usb2 1.8T 274G 1.5T 16% /m3_usb2
none 1.8G 104K 1.8G 1% /var/lib/xenstored
eight disks were purchased and added to the system as the same time. I
successfully created a log volume group out of the first four; they are
mounted on /m3team3.
I used parted to create a GPT label on the disks. Then I used fdisk to
create one partition taking up all the space on the disk. I then used "mkfs
-t ext3 /dev/sdg1 (etc.) on all the partitions before I used pvcreate,
vgcreate and lgcreate.
The process worked on the first four disks.
Thanks for your help
>
> Regards,
>
> Raj
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
> <margaret_doll at brown.edu>wrote:
>
> > I get the same error with mk2efs -j /dev/sdi1
> >
> > mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
> > /dev/sdi1 is apparently in use by the system; will not make a filesystem
> > here!
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:50 AM, raj sourabh <rajsourabh1 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Did you try using fdisk for partition? and the use partprobe.
> > >
> > > eg. #fdisk /dev/sdi
> > > # partprobe
> > > #mke2fs -j /dev/sdiX
> > >
> > > I hope this would help.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Raj
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
> > > <margaret_doll at brown.edu>wrote:
> > >
> > > > In this particular case, I have rebooted the system many times and am
> > > > unable
> > > > to get mkfs to work. The disk partitions are also not on the same
> disk
> > > as
> > > > /. How do I get the disk partitions to work with mkfs?
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Corey Kovacs <corey.kovacs at gmail.com
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Important to note
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. It's not often / is repartitioned.
> > > > > 2. This isn't a problem unique to RHEL.
> > > > >
> > > > > C
> > > > >
> > > > > Sent from my iPod
> > > > >
> > > > > On May 5, 2011, at 8:14 AM, "Marti, Robert" <RJM002 at shsu.edu>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > A reboot is required if you change partitions on the same disk
> that
> > > > > houses /.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On May 5, 2011, at 6:41, "Stainforth, Matthew (SD/DS)" <
> > > > > Matthew.Stainforth at gnb.ca> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >>> the default behavior for RHEL6 but I am not sure when or IF it
> > > > > >>> actually hit RHEL5. Sounds like it might have. In RHEL6 a
> reboot
> > is
> > > > > >>> simply a requirement, full stop.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> In RHEL6 a reboot is required between repartitioning and
> mkfs'ing?
> > > > What
> > > > > a sad thing if true.
> > > > > >>
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