From: Robin Hill <robin.hill47@ntlworld.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: raid array with 3T disks and GPT partition
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:59:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110901155913.GA20825@cthulhu.home.robinhill.me.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110901154759.GA32649@apartia.fr>
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On Thu Sep 01, 2011 at 05:47:59PM +0200, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create a raid6 array from 10x3T disks. Since disks > 2T
> must use the GPT partion table I used parted to created a single
> partition on each drive with the correct GPT partion type.
>
> Now how do I make sure that these partitions have the correct "raid
> autodetect" (fd) id? Is it even still needed? I didn't find any way to
> set that flag in (g)parted.
>
It's only needed for kernel auto-assembly (in which case you're also
limited to 0.90 metadata and 2TB drives), so no, there's no need to use
that. 0xDA seems to be the recommended partition type for RAID arrays
nowadays - that should prevent the OS from trying to read them directly.
Cheers,
Robin
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-01 15:47 raid array with 3T disks and GPT partition Louis-David Mitterrand
2011-09-01 15:53 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-01 15:57 ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2011-09-01 16:01 ` Pim Zandbergen
2011-09-01 15:59 ` Robin Hill [this message]
2011-09-01 16:33 ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2011-09-01 16:55 ` Doug Ledford
2011-09-01 19:13 ` Rudy Zijlstra
2011-09-11 16:59 ` Bill Davidsen
2011-09-01 19:20 ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2011-09-01 20:10 ` Doug Ledford
2012-01-10 19:40 ` Phillip Susi
2012-01-25 11:15 ` Peter Grandi
2011-09-01 16:56 ` John Robinson
2011-09-01 16:58 ` Robin Hill
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