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