On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Lennart Sorensen < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 04:14:04PM -0600, o1bigtenor wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Lennart Sorensen < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 05:04:16PM -0600, o1bigtenor wrote: > > > > Now I used gdisk to set things up so likely that is where I will > need to > > > > start - - - hmmmmmmmmmmm. > > > > > > > > Has anyone done anything like this in the somewhat recent past? > > > > > > > > (Wondering if when disk is partitioned that mdadm will happily absorb > > > that > > > > disk into the array. Likely will need another reboot too!) > > > > > > There should be zero reboots required for this. > > > > > > Most partition tools do a partition table reread automatically when you > > > exit, or you can use 'hdparm -z /dev/sdX' to do it. If > /proc/partitions > > > shows the new sizes, you are good to go. > > > > > > > Is there a way to partition the drive in a running system? > > > > The only way that I know of is to reboot onto a rescue disk and use > gparted > > there > > to partition the drive. > > > > I have not been able to find anything using duckduck nor ms google. > > > > A complete back is just finishing as I write this. > > > > Thanking those that have contributed to the conversation for their > > assistance!! > > Well cfdisk, parted, fdisk, gdisk, etc. > > Somewhat depends if you need GPT or MBR style partition table. > > Needs to be a GPT style partition table. Its on a UEFI system and that was the only way I could get things working. I got quite used to fdisk and gdisk is just different enough that I am still a little careful. I don't really enjoy those long teaching moments anymore! TIA Dee
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