1, view the partition
# Fdisk -l // view an existing hard disk and partition / dev / sdb is the new 3TB hard drive.
Disk / dev / sda: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 2610 20860402+ 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/sdb: 3324.3 GB, 3324304687104 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 404157 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table
2, partition
# parted / dev / sdb // as / dev / sdb hard disk partition
GNU Parted 1.8.1
Use of / dev / sdb
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(Parted) mklabel gpt // convert your hard disk to GPT
(Parted) mkpart // Create a partition
Partition name? []? // directly enter
File system type? [Ext2]? // directly enter, you can enter ext3 or xfs other formats
The starting point? 0 // partition start
The end point? -1 -1 // partition end all hard disk space
(Parted) p // view the partition results
Model: VMware, VMware Virtual S (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 3324GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name 标志
1 17.4kB 3324GB 3324GB
(Parted) quit // Exit
# Fdisk -l // view the existing partitions and hard disk / dev / sdb1 is the new 3TB partition partition table EFI GPT.
Disk / dev / sda: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 2610 20860402+ 8e Linux LVM
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sdb'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
WARNING: The size of this disk is 3.3 TB (3324304687104 bytes).
DOS partition table format can not be used on drives for volumes
larger than 2.2 TB (2199023255040 bytes). Use parted(1) and GUID
partition table format (GPT).
Disk /dev/sdb: 3324.3 GB, 3324304687104 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 404157 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/ Dev / sdb1 1 267350 2147483647+ ee EFI GPT
3, format
# mkfs -t ext4 / dev / sdb1
mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
405798912 inodes, 811597575 blocks
40579878 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
24768 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
16384 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
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 31 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
4, Mount
# mkdir / test // Create a directory / test.
# Mount / dev / sdb1 / test // to mount the partition to the / test.
# Df -h // Check the mounted directory.
File system capacity has been available with a mount point%
/ Dev / mapper / VolGroup00-LogVol00
15G 3.0G 11G 22% /
/dev/sda1 99M 13M 82M 13% /boot
tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev/shm
/ Dev / sdb1 3.0T 200M 2.9T 1% / test // has been able to successfully mount a. 3TB
Reproduced in: https: //blog.51cto.com/12865902/2403726