Look like you don't have gpt support in kernel. Post output from command "gunzip -c /proc/config.gz | grep '_PARTITION\>'"
> On Jul 22, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Helmut Jarausch <jarau...@skynet.be> wrote: > > On 07/22/2016 10:28:35 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:04:58 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> > I have zeroed the first 8 MB and then I used gdisk >> > gdisk still notes that there is a backup GPT. I opted to created a new >> > blank GPT. >> > Then I created 4 partitions. >> > I have used the w(rite) command before exiting gdisk. >> > Starting gdisk again, it shows the 4 partitions. >> You still haven't showed us the output from gdisk -l /dev/sde > > OK, here it is: > > gdisk -l /dev/sde > GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1 > > Partition table scan: > MBR: protective > BSD: not present > APM: not present > GPT: present > > Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. > Disk /dev/sde: 9767541167 sectors, 4.5 TiB > Logical sector size: 512 bytes > Disk identifier (GUID): A072CFE0-0651-441C-8BA2-8527623BA142 > Partition table holds up to 128 entries > First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 9767541133 > Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries > Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB) > > Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name > 1 2048 3145730047 1.5 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem > 2 3145730048 5293213695 1024.0 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem > 3 5293213696 7440697343 1024.0 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem > 4 7440697344 9767541133 1.1 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem >