Commands to use to partition a new 3TB disk with parted.
[ ~]# parted /dev/sdg GNU Parted 2.1 Using /dev/sdg Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print Error: /dev/sdg: unrecognised disk label (parted) mklabel gpt (parted) mkpart primary ext3 1 -1 Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance. Ignore/Cancel? C (parted) print Model: ASMT 2105 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdg: 3001GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags (parted) mkpart Partition name? []? File system type? [ext2]? ext3 Start? 0% End? 100%
Using percentages worked better than trying to specify the start/stop sectors. Not sure why.
[ ~]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdg1 mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 183148544 inodes, 732566272 blocks 36628313 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296 22357 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8192 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968, 102400000, 214990848, 512000000, 550731776, 644972544 [ ~]# tune2fs -c0 -i0 /dev/sdg1