Mageia and NTFS disk

[Constantine Shulyupin]

Don't use fdisk, it doesn’t recognize GPT/UFI partitions.
use parded:
sudo parted /dev/sda "unit B" print
sudo parted /dev/sda print

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Shlomo Solomon <shlomo.solomon at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm about to format my new 4Tb drive as Ext4, but before I do, I
> wanted to see how it shows up "out-of-the-box" and got some strange
> results. I'm pretty sure formatting as Ext4 will solve this, but I'm
> curious if anyone can explain the following:
>
> I mounted the drive and I see:
> [solomon at shlomo1 ~]$ df |grep Seagate
> /dev/sdj1 3.7T  203M 3.7T 1% /run/media/solomon/Seagate Expansion Drive
>
>
>
> [root at shlomo1 solomon]# fdisk /dev/sdj
>
> Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.24.2).
> Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
> Be careful before using the write command.
>
> Command (m for help): p
> Disk /dev/sdj: 3.7 TiB, 4000787025920 bytes, 976754645 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
> Disklabel type: dos
> Disk identifier: 0xc64aae83
>
> Device    Boot Start       End     Blocks  Id System
> /dev/sdj1       2048 976752639 3907002368   7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
>
>
>
> But, when I run the "Manage Disk Partitions" utility in Mageia's
> Control Center I can see 1 "small" NTFS partition and another 1.9Tb of
> un-allocated space for a total of only about 60% of the disk:
>
> Device: sdj1
> Volume label: Seagate_Expansion_Drive
> DOS drive letter: C (just a guess)
> Type: NTFS-3G
> Size: 465GB (12%)
>
> Empty
> Size: 1.9TB (54%)
> Cylinder 60800 to 328149
>
> After hitting the "clear all" button I see more or less the proper size:
> Device: sdj
> Size: 3.6TB
> Name: NA4KTWL4
>
>
> As I wrote, I'm quite sure formatting EXT4 will solve this, but WTF?
>
>
>
> --
> Shlomo Solomon
> http://the-solomons.net
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>
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Constantine Shulyupin
http://www.MakeLinux.co.il/
Embedded Linux Systems
Tel Aviv
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