Partition alignment 8 TB seagate Ironwolf












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I have a Seagate disk that I am trying to get partition aligned. I've tried this command in parted:



sudo parted /dev/sda mklabel gpt

sudo parted -a opt /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%


Get this fdisk error:



Device     Start         End     Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sda1 65535 15628000379 15627934845 7.3T Linux filesystem

Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.


How do I get this disk partion aligment in parted ?



(I've also tried this guide: https://rainbow.chard.org/2013/01/30/how-to-align-partitions-for-best-performance-using-parted/



unsuccessfully)



A little info about harddrive:



root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/optimal_io_size 33553920
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/minimum_io_size 4096
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/alignment_offset 0
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/physical_block_size 4096
root@odroidxu4:~# hdparm -I /dev/sda

ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: ST8000VN0022-2EL112
Serial Number: ZA1CH2SF
Firmware Revision: SC61
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SAT A Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0

Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 15628053168
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes
Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 7630885 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 8001563 MBytes (8001 GB)
cache/buffer size = unknown
Form Factor: 3.5 inch
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200









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  • Please format your code/data blocks. Select each block in turn and use the {} button on the editing menu to indent it four spaces. Also ensure there's a blank line above and below each block. (I'd do it for you if i weren't on a mobile device that doesn't have {}.)
    – roaima
    19 hours ago












  • get rid of -a opt and use mib instead of %
    – frostschutz
    19 hours ago












  • I am not a linux nerd can you write full command frostschutz ?
    – Rene Mortensen
    19 hours ago










  • As I understand "-a opt" to tell parted to must align (optimal) but why it doesn't work I don't understand? When I check if it is aligned in parted it is ok but not in fdisk :/
    – Rene Mortensen
    19 hours ago








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    parted /dev/sda mkpart PARTITION_NAME ext4 1MiB 100%
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago
















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I have a Seagate disk that I am trying to get partition aligned. I've tried this command in parted:



sudo parted /dev/sda mklabel gpt

sudo parted -a opt /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%


Get this fdisk error:



Device     Start         End     Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sda1 65535 15628000379 15627934845 7.3T Linux filesystem

Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.


How do I get this disk partion aligment in parted ?



(I've also tried this guide: https://rainbow.chard.org/2013/01/30/how-to-align-partitions-for-best-performance-using-parted/



unsuccessfully)



A little info about harddrive:



root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/optimal_io_size 33553920
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/minimum_io_size 4096
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/alignment_offset 0
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/physical_block_size 4096
root@odroidxu4:~# hdparm -I /dev/sda

ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: ST8000VN0022-2EL112
Serial Number: ZA1CH2SF
Firmware Revision: SC61
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SAT A Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0

Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 15628053168
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes
Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 7630885 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 8001563 MBytes (8001 GB)
cache/buffer size = unknown
Form Factor: 3.5 inch
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200









share|improve this question
























  • Please format your code/data blocks. Select each block in turn and use the {} button on the editing menu to indent it four spaces. Also ensure there's a blank line above and below each block. (I'd do it for you if i weren't on a mobile device that doesn't have {}.)
    – roaima
    19 hours ago












  • get rid of -a opt and use mib instead of %
    – frostschutz
    19 hours ago












  • I am not a linux nerd can you write full command frostschutz ?
    – Rene Mortensen
    19 hours ago










  • As I understand "-a opt" to tell parted to must align (optimal) but why it doesn't work I don't understand? When I check if it is aligned in parted it is ok but not in fdisk :/
    – Rene Mortensen
    19 hours ago








  • 1




    parted /dev/sda mkpart PARTITION_NAME ext4 1MiB 100%
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago














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I have a Seagate disk that I am trying to get partition aligned. I've tried this command in parted:



sudo parted /dev/sda mklabel gpt

sudo parted -a opt /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%


Get this fdisk error:



Device     Start         End     Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sda1 65535 15628000379 15627934845 7.3T Linux filesystem

Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.


How do I get this disk partion aligment in parted ?



(I've also tried this guide: https://rainbow.chard.org/2013/01/30/how-to-align-partitions-for-best-performance-using-parted/



unsuccessfully)



A little info about harddrive:



root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/optimal_io_size 33553920
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/minimum_io_size 4096
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/alignment_offset 0
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/physical_block_size 4096
root@odroidxu4:~# hdparm -I /dev/sda

ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: ST8000VN0022-2EL112
Serial Number: ZA1CH2SF
Firmware Revision: SC61
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SAT A Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0

Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 15628053168
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes
Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 7630885 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 8001563 MBytes (8001 GB)
cache/buffer size = unknown
Form Factor: 3.5 inch
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200









share|improve this question















I have a Seagate disk that I am trying to get partition aligned. I've tried this command in parted:



sudo parted /dev/sda mklabel gpt

sudo parted -a opt /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%


Get this fdisk error:



Device     Start         End     Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sda1 65535 15628000379 15627934845 7.3T Linux filesystem

Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.


How do I get this disk partion aligment in parted ?



(I've also tried this guide: https://rainbow.chard.org/2013/01/30/how-to-align-partitions-for-best-performance-using-parted/



unsuccessfully)



A little info about harddrive:



root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/optimal_io_size 33553920
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/minimum_io_size 4096
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/alignment_offset 0
root@odroidxu4:~# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/physical_block_size 4096
root@odroidxu4:~# hdparm -I /dev/sda

ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: ST8000VN0022-2EL112
Serial Number: ZA1CH2SF
Firmware Revision: SC61
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SAT A Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0

Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 15628053168
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes
Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 7630885 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 8001563 MBytes (8001 GB)
cache/buffer size = unknown
Form Factor: 3.5 inch
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200






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  • Please format your code/data blocks. Select each block in turn and use the {} button on the editing menu to indent it four spaces. Also ensure there's a blank line above and below each block. (I'd do it for you if i weren't on a mobile device that doesn't have {}.)
    – roaima
    19 hours ago












  • get rid of -a opt and use mib instead of %
    – frostschutz
    19 hours ago












  • I am not a linux nerd can you write full command frostschutz ?
    – Rene Mortensen
    19 hours ago










  • As I understand "-a opt" to tell parted to must align (optimal) but why it doesn't work I don't understand? When I check if it is aligned in parted it is ok but not in fdisk :/
    – Rene Mortensen
    19 hours ago








  • 1




    parted /dev/sda mkpart PARTITION_NAME ext4 1MiB 100%
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago


















  • Please format your code/data blocks. Select each block in turn and use the {} button on the editing menu to indent it four spaces. Also ensure there's a blank line above and below each block. (I'd do it for you if i weren't on a mobile device that doesn't have {}.)
    – roaima
    19 hours ago












  • get rid of -a opt and use mib instead of %
    – frostschutz
    19 hours ago












  • I am not a linux nerd can you write full command frostschutz ?
    – Rene Mortensen
    19 hours ago










  • As I understand "-a opt" to tell parted to must align (optimal) but why it doesn't work I don't understand? When I check if it is aligned in parted it is ok but not in fdisk :/
    – Rene Mortensen
    19 hours ago








  • 1




    parted /dev/sda mkpart PARTITION_NAME ext4 1MiB 100%
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago
















Please format your code/data blocks. Select each block in turn and use the {} button on the editing menu to indent it four spaces. Also ensure there's a blank line above and below each block. (I'd do it for you if i weren't on a mobile device that doesn't have {}.)
– roaima
19 hours ago






Please format your code/data blocks. Select each block in turn and use the {} button on the editing menu to indent it four spaces. Also ensure there's a blank line above and below each block. (I'd do it for you if i weren't on a mobile device that doesn't have {}.)
– roaima
19 hours ago














get rid of -a opt and use mib instead of %
– frostschutz
19 hours ago






get rid of -a opt and use mib instead of %
– frostschutz
19 hours ago














I am not a linux nerd can you write full command frostschutz ?
– Rene Mortensen
19 hours ago




I am not a linux nerd can you write full command frostschutz ?
– Rene Mortensen
19 hours ago












As I understand "-a opt" to tell parted to must align (optimal) but why it doesn't work I don't understand? When I check if it is aligned in parted it is ok but not in fdisk :/
– Rene Mortensen
19 hours ago






As I understand "-a opt" to tell parted to must align (optimal) but why it doesn't work I don't understand? When I check if it is aligned in parted it is ok but not in fdisk :/
– Rene Mortensen
19 hours ago






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1




parted /dev/sda mkpart PARTITION_NAME ext4 1MiB 100%
– AlexP
18 hours ago




parted /dev/sda mkpart PARTITION_NAME ext4 1MiB 100%
– AlexP
18 hours ago










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Don't use parted, as it is obviously not up to the job. To partition a GPT disk, use gdisk. Alternatively, if your version of fdisk understands GPT partitions, you can use that as well. Just delete the partition and create a new partition. Format the partition with mkfs.ext4. Note that doing so will destroy any data you already have written to the disk.






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  • parted is perfectly able to do the job. Just tell it where to put the partition. It accepts exact positioning at the level of sectors.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • @AlexP Well, why don't you show how to use parted to create a partition that is aligned so that the starting sector is a multiple of eight (required by the physical sector size of the disk)? Gdisk does this automatically.
    – Johan Myréen
    18 hours ago






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    parted <disk> mkpart <partition_name> <filesystem_type> <start> <end>, where <start> and <end> can be given in sectors (e.g., 2048s), binary megabytes (e.g., 1MiB) etc.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • Now I have tried Gdisk and it seems to work out of the box but what should I choose in : Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): Is just a linux etx4 share on debian
    – Rene Mortensen
    7 hours ago












  • The default value 8300 stands for "Linux filesystem", which is OK in this case.
    – Johan Myréen
    5 hours ago











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Don't use parted, as it is obviously not up to the job. To partition a GPT disk, use gdisk. Alternatively, if your version of fdisk understands GPT partitions, you can use that as well. Just delete the partition and create a new partition. Format the partition with mkfs.ext4. Note that doing so will destroy any data you already have written to the disk.






share|improve this answer





















  • parted is perfectly able to do the job. Just tell it where to put the partition. It accepts exact positioning at the level of sectors.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • @AlexP Well, why don't you show how to use parted to create a partition that is aligned so that the starting sector is a multiple of eight (required by the physical sector size of the disk)? Gdisk does this automatically.
    – Johan Myréen
    18 hours ago






  • 1




    parted <disk> mkpart <partition_name> <filesystem_type> <start> <end>, where <start> and <end> can be given in sectors (e.g., 2048s), binary megabytes (e.g., 1MiB) etc.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • Now I have tried Gdisk and it seems to work out of the box but what should I choose in : Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): Is just a linux etx4 share on debian
    – Rene Mortensen
    7 hours ago












  • The default value 8300 stands for "Linux filesystem", which is OK in this case.
    – Johan Myréen
    5 hours ago
















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Don't use parted, as it is obviously not up to the job. To partition a GPT disk, use gdisk. Alternatively, if your version of fdisk understands GPT partitions, you can use that as well. Just delete the partition and create a new partition. Format the partition with mkfs.ext4. Note that doing so will destroy any data you already have written to the disk.






share|improve this answer





















  • parted is perfectly able to do the job. Just tell it where to put the partition. It accepts exact positioning at the level of sectors.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • @AlexP Well, why don't you show how to use parted to create a partition that is aligned so that the starting sector is a multiple of eight (required by the physical sector size of the disk)? Gdisk does this automatically.
    – Johan Myréen
    18 hours ago






  • 1




    parted <disk> mkpart <partition_name> <filesystem_type> <start> <end>, where <start> and <end> can be given in sectors (e.g., 2048s), binary megabytes (e.g., 1MiB) etc.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • Now I have tried Gdisk and it seems to work out of the box but what should I choose in : Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): Is just a linux etx4 share on debian
    – Rene Mortensen
    7 hours ago












  • The default value 8300 stands for "Linux filesystem", which is OK in this case.
    – Johan Myréen
    5 hours ago














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Don't use parted, as it is obviously not up to the job. To partition a GPT disk, use gdisk. Alternatively, if your version of fdisk understands GPT partitions, you can use that as well. Just delete the partition and create a new partition. Format the partition with mkfs.ext4. Note that doing so will destroy any data you already have written to the disk.






share|improve this answer












Don't use parted, as it is obviously not up to the job. To partition a GPT disk, use gdisk. Alternatively, if your version of fdisk understands GPT partitions, you can use that as well. Just delete the partition and create a new partition. Format the partition with mkfs.ext4. Note that doing so will destroy any data you already have written to the disk.







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  • parted is perfectly able to do the job. Just tell it where to put the partition. It accepts exact positioning at the level of sectors.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • @AlexP Well, why don't you show how to use parted to create a partition that is aligned so that the starting sector is a multiple of eight (required by the physical sector size of the disk)? Gdisk does this automatically.
    – Johan Myréen
    18 hours ago






  • 1




    parted <disk> mkpart <partition_name> <filesystem_type> <start> <end>, where <start> and <end> can be given in sectors (e.g., 2048s), binary megabytes (e.g., 1MiB) etc.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • Now I have tried Gdisk and it seems to work out of the box but what should I choose in : Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): Is just a linux etx4 share on debian
    – Rene Mortensen
    7 hours ago












  • The default value 8300 stands for "Linux filesystem", which is OK in this case.
    – Johan Myréen
    5 hours ago


















  • parted is perfectly able to do the job. Just tell it where to put the partition. It accepts exact positioning at the level of sectors.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • @AlexP Well, why don't you show how to use parted to create a partition that is aligned so that the starting sector is a multiple of eight (required by the physical sector size of the disk)? Gdisk does this automatically.
    – Johan Myréen
    18 hours ago






  • 1




    parted <disk> mkpart <partition_name> <filesystem_type> <start> <end>, where <start> and <end> can be given in sectors (e.g., 2048s), binary megabytes (e.g., 1MiB) etc.
    – AlexP
    18 hours ago










  • Now I have tried Gdisk and it seems to work out of the box but what should I choose in : Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): Is just a linux etx4 share on debian
    – Rene Mortensen
    7 hours ago












  • The default value 8300 stands for "Linux filesystem", which is OK in this case.
    – Johan Myréen
    5 hours ago
















parted is perfectly able to do the job. Just tell it where to put the partition. It accepts exact positioning at the level of sectors.
– AlexP
18 hours ago




parted is perfectly able to do the job. Just tell it where to put the partition. It accepts exact positioning at the level of sectors.
– AlexP
18 hours ago












@AlexP Well, why don't you show how to use parted to create a partition that is aligned so that the starting sector is a multiple of eight (required by the physical sector size of the disk)? Gdisk does this automatically.
– Johan Myréen
18 hours ago




@AlexP Well, why don't you show how to use parted to create a partition that is aligned so that the starting sector is a multiple of eight (required by the physical sector size of the disk)? Gdisk does this automatically.
– Johan Myréen
18 hours ago




1




1




parted <disk> mkpart <partition_name> <filesystem_type> <start> <end>, where <start> and <end> can be given in sectors (e.g., 2048s), binary megabytes (e.g., 1MiB) etc.
– AlexP
18 hours ago




parted <disk> mkpart <partition_name> <filesystem_type> <start> <end>, where <start> and <end> can be given in sectors (e.g., 2048s), binary megabytes (e.g., 1MiB) etc.
– AlexP
18 hours ago












Now I have tried Gdisk and it seems to work out of the box but what should I choose in : Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): Is just a linux etx4 share on debian
– Rene Mortensen
7 hours ago






Now I have tried Gdisk and it seems to work out of the box but what should I choose in : Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): Is just a linux etx4 share on debian
– Rene Mortensen
7 hours ago














The default value 8300 stands for "Linux filesystem", which is OK in this case.
– Johan Myréen
5 hours ago




The default value 8300 stands for "Linux filesystem", which is OK in this case.
– Johan Myréen
5 hours ago


















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