On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:20:54AM -0700, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle wrote: > I dont have a graphical desktop installed. One other option is to boot from a gparted-live CD, which gives you a GUI long enough to partition your volume, then reboot your normal system. Fred > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle > > <slackmoehrle at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I have a Drobo, connected to a CentOS 6.4 box. The box sees it as > > /dev/sdg. > > > > > > # parted > > > GNU Parted 2.1 > > > Using /dev/sda > > > Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. > > > (parted) select /dev/sdg > > > Using /dev/sdg > > > (parted) print > > > Model: DROBO DroboPro (scsi) > > > Disk /dev/sdg: 17.6TB > > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > > > Partition Table: gpt > > > > > > Number Start End Size File system Name Flags > > > > > > (parted) > > > > > > and looking at an example of creating a partition: (parted) mkpart > > primary > > > 106 16179 > > > > > > I dont know what to do next since I dont see any partitions listed. I > > dont > > > know what do to for the start and end point, although the man page says > > > "size in MB". Do I just say 0 to (and convert 16.0TB to MB? Yes, I know > > it > > > says 17.6 TB but this model drobo can only support partitions up to 16tb > > > without making a second partition. > > > > > > Can anyone provide some advice on that I am missing conceptually? > > > > If you have a GUI desktop installed you can install the gparted > > package from EPEL. It is easier to use than raw parted and mkfs. > > > > -- > > Les Mikesell > > lesmikesell at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 -------------------------------