[TriLUG] fdisk partition question

[Jason Tower]

try to fdisk /dev/cciss/ida/c0d0 and c0d1, those should be the two 
logical disks (or /dev/ida/cciss/c0d0, i forget).  create partitions 
(c0d0p1, p2, and so on), run mkfs.ext3 to put a filesystem on them, then 
modify /etc/fstab with the appropriate info.  redhat uses labels to 
identify partitions in fstab, but i prefer device names.  whatever works 
for you.

jason

Chris Bullock wrote:
> I can't seem to get the manual fdisk partition thing down.  Got a new HP
> DL360 with a direct attached HP MSA 30.  The DL360 has a RAID card that
> limits the file size to 2TB.  The MSA 30 has 14 300GB scsi drives.  I have
> configured the RAID controller to have 2 logical drives both with 1.5TB
> logical drives.  Installed RHEL and it will not let me create the
> partitions the size I want at install time.  This is what I need, I have
> the OS on the RAID1 logical drive on the DL360.  The problem comes when I
> try to fdisk the other direct attached storage.  First, how do I know what
> to fdisk?  I know I need to start with /dev/cciss/?? but there are 2052
> possibilites after that. I would assume after I find what device I want to
> fdisk, i would run fdisk /dev/cciss/$drive, then n for the new partition. 
> after that I would assume to mkfs.ext3 and after that create a lable and
> add it to fstab.  Any help would be appreciated, email or web link.
> Regards,
> Chris
> 
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