I got a Seagate 4TB external HDD (Seagate 4TB Black External Hard Drive STBV4000100) for my CentOS linux computer.
I'm trying to follow the formatting instructions on this website for HDD >2TB:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/fdisk-...eater-2tb.html
I was able to do the first two commands:
(1) [root@-lab ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdd
(2) [root@-lab ~]# parted /dev/sdd
However, when I go to "mklabel gpt", it's giving me an error?
Is there a way I can get around it? Thank you.
Btw, I use "mkfs.ext3" command before this but it only formatted the 2TB. So I have to use the gpt. Thanks.
Before this, I was able to use the instructions to format a 3TB internal HDD and it worked. But not on this 4TB external HDD.
Kindly help. Thank you very much in advance.
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[root@-lab ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdd
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdd'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512)
WARNING: The size of this disk is 4.0 TB (4000787025920 bytes).
DOS partition table format can not be used on drives for volumes
larger than 2.2 TB (2199023255040 bytes). Use parted(1) and GUID
partition table format (GPT).
Disk /dev/sdd: 4000.7 GB, 4000787025920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60800 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 4096 = 65802240 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 60801 3907018576 ee EFI GPT
[root@-lab ~]# parted /dev/sdd
Warning: Device /dev/sdd has a logical sector size of 4096. Not all parts of GNU Parted support this at the moment, and the working code is HIGHLY
EXPERIMENTAL.
GNU Parted 1.8.1
Using /dev/sdd
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) mklabel gpt
Error: Invalid argument during write on /dev/sdd
Retry/Ignore/Cancel? cancel