Thread (12 messages) 12 messages, 7 authors, 2022-04-02

Re: new drive is 4 sectors shorter, can it be used for swraid5 array?

From: Roman Mamedov <hidden>
Date: 2022-03-19 10:46:10

On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:30:07 +0500
Roman Mamedov [off-list ref] wrote:
However there should not be such size difference in the first place
If we look closely though, there actually doesn't appear to be:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:08:55 -0700
Marc MERLIN [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
old drive:
User Capacity:    6,001,175,126,016 bytes [6.00 TB]

new drive:
User Capacity:    6,001,175,126,016 bytes [6.00 TB]
As for...
quoted
   8      128 5860522584 sdi
   8      129 5860521543 sdi1

   8      160 5860522580 sdk
   8      161 5860521536 sdk1
Which tool returns this output?

What do you get for 

  blockdev --getsize64 /dev/sdi
  blockdev --getsize64 /dev/sdk

If this returns the same size for both, wipe a few first MB the new drive with
zeroes using dd, and try a different partitioning tool.

-- 
With respect,
Roman
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