Mageia and NTFS disk

[E.S. Rosenberg]

2015-04-16 22:20 GMT+03:00 Constantine Shulyupin <const at makelinux.co.il>:
> Don't use fdisk, it doesn’t recognize GPT/UFI partitions.
Just to add to that MBR partitions don't go over 2T.

When using GPT most systems still write some basic form of MBR just in
case you plug your disk into an old machine which is why tools like
fdisk which only deal with MBR gave you the results you saw...

Regards,
Eliyahu - אליהו
> 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
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