Package: gdisk Version: 0.8.5-1 I am trying to create 3 partitions on a 7.5 TiB RAID60 device (/dev/sda, handed to the OS by a hardware raid controller).
Status before: --- % sgdisk -p /dev/sda Creating new GPT entries. Disk /dev/sda: 16002748592 sectors, 7.5 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): F6924DB1-0783-4AC2-8499-EBA2F951CE07 Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 16002748558 Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries Total free space is 16002748525 sectors (7.5 TiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name --- Creating the first two partitions succeeds: --- % sgdisk -p /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 16002748592 sectors, 7.5 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 12C31C64-F48E-4D2B-AE58-FE34289BE587 Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 16002748558 Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries Total free space is 16002209899 sectors (7.5 TiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 2048 20480 9.0 MiB 8300 2 22528 542720 254.0 MiB 8300 --- However, trying to create a third one that contains the remaining space fails: --- % sgdisk -g --new=3:266M:16002748558 /dev/sda Could not create partition 3 from 544768 to 32773629046784 Error encountered; not saving changes --- Strangely, 32773629046784 is the sector I specified multiplied with the current sector-alignment (2048). Specifying "0" for the start sector will make it work, though. --- % sgdisk -g --new=3:0:16002748558 /dev/sda Information: Moved requested sector from 542721 to 544768 in order to align on 2048-sector boundaries. The operation has completed successfully. --- I'm on Debian 7.0, amd64. Greetings.
