I dont have a graphical desktop installed. 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 >