CentOS 6.3 x64 - cannot create a second size-identical partition (fdisk)
Hi guys,
The box is a P4, 3GHz CPU, with 2x WD 80GB S-ATA identical disks. The OS was installed during a time when there was only 1x disk available and now, having inserted a 2nd HDD, I want to migrate to a mirrored setup. The current installation has a /boot partition and the rest is LVM based.
The problem is that if I want to create a /boot partition on the second disk that is identical to the /boot partition from the first one (same Start cylinder and End cylinder), I do not get the same Blocks on the second disk.
First disk:
Code:
[root@test ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b4ee9
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 64 9726 77611008 8e Linux LVM
Second disk:
Code:
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-9726, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-9726, default 9726): 64
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x90909090
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 64 514048+ 83 Linux
Having this problem, the raid1 for the /boot partition will not work.
I also tried setting the End cylinder to 63 but that didn't work either.
Any suggestions? |
