disk partitions on that aren't recognized by mkfs + parted
raj sourabh
rajsourabh1 at gmail.com
Thu May 5 18:23:32 UTC 2011
Ok, so things look fine till here when you have created partitions
sdh1,sdi1,sdj1,sdk1.. even after running partprobe if you are getting the
same here then try the follwing;
# delete one of the partition through fdisk eg.sdi1
# after deletion check eg. # fdisk /dev/sdi and then list the partitions
(You should not see anything)
# Recreate the partition as primary
# Partprobe
# and then try mke2fs -j /dev/sdi1
Hope this should give some useful results.
Regards,
Raj
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
<margaret_doll at brown.edu>wrote:
> 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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