On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Richard Mortimer <ri...@oldelvet.org.uk>wrote:
> > > On 21/01/2011 10:31, RR wrote: > >> Please specify either size or extents but not both. >> even weirder is that when I try to see the physical parameters of >> the disk, which is clearly a 68.37GB. Further >> lvm> pvs >> PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree >> /dev/sda2 AUASTMRCP-01 lvm2 a- 43.21G 0 >> shows the main partition to be 43.21GB and if /dev/sda1 is boot and >> /dev/sda2 is the lvm volume and /dev/sda2 is the "whole disk", then >> how/where do I extend this volume to? >> /# fdisk -l /dev/sda >> Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 24 heads, 424 sectors, 8922 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 10176 * 512 bytes >> > > Are you sure that it really is a 72G disk? The label above says 8922 > cylinders > and this translates to > > 8922 * 10176 * 512 = 46484619264 which is around 44GB and that matches > what your partitions are. > > If that is the case then your disk label is wrong. > > Regards > > Richard > > Hi Richard, yes, I am pretty sure, unless the firmware on the HDD is also reporting the wrong model. Here's the dmesg output of when the system detects the disks # dmesg | grep -i seagate [ 87.602318] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access SEAGATE ST373207LSUN72G 045A PQ: 0 ANSI: 3 [ 92.432095] scsi 0:0:1:0: Direct-Access SEAGATE ST373307LSUN72G 0707 PQ: 0 ANSI: 3 Thanks \RR
