From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A20213800E for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2012 09:37:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41014E081B; Thu, 9 Aug 2012 09:36:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f53.google.com (mail-yw0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F406E068F for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2012 09:35:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yhp3 with SMTP id 3so222216yhp.40 for ; Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:35:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=arO9ghoaKny0wkq2ovBPardcu6ma75t1GAZiY78wM78=; b=mmNN6NcEj9wCp+fI6sB+E9JaC0punABVslOZd5dKS1aCEG3wMORRXUM5Bbm2j4VPms Fl11IhKkhFvpIvNRHjS8SE/OgVa8ps9FfkEN8K2WEfhOFr2ZGf0HOZsHxJPLYhIUgB9p zM2fPUxIM3j4A6qniQO2ZtoQ0UTJHzMt7TZQsqrZKpnLzm2hlpcPPwtb4M5xXqElYn4T 2geqwu2Aym/Qr5BycYBzJfNtT90Jrzp27jRaHcca6mx60Iw7jmPGLAJ76Hw8I1+GvQM2 oxgkonlFNNG4kfZuZI+GUhwzL4cSaMWyx90yvATBWX62DEqkDnhonGvQCWodOrSg/+BO AfRA== Received: by 10.236.131.146 with SMTP id m18mr19640479yhi.65.1344504918917; Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:35:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-123-153.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.123.153]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v8sm1128560yhi.15.2012.08.09.02.35.16 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:35:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <50238453.6070001@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:35:15 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120717 Firefox/14.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.11 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Want to seriously test a NEW hard drive References: <501E6AFA.4000205@gmail.com> <5022A9A1.50606@gmail.com> <5022E38F.4080105@gmail.com> <50232CF1.1020400@gmail.com> <20120809094659.28a02d49@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120809094659.28a02d49@digimed.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7f164c0d-cb56-4997-b7d1-909fc160cb61 X-Archives-Hash: db0ea7ac8e66972d7684f84f560b45d2 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:22:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I used something called Gparted to partition this monster. This is >> temporary tho. What should I be using to partition this thing? What is >> the best, and easiest, tool for me to use? I have been using cfdisk in >> the past but it doesn't seem to work on this one. > Do not use cfdisk on 2TB+ drives, it gives bad alignment. Use gdisk or > cgdisk with GPT partition tables. Create a 1MB partition at the start of > type EF02, which keeps backward compatibility, then partition as normal. > > Note that GPT has none of the primary/logical crap, just create the > partitions you want. > > Ahhhh, so that 1Mb partition is what does the alignment thingy? Is it the same on all large drives or does it vary a bit based on size? Thanks. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!