During new Linux set up – suddenly got a weird message.
It happen just because of my carelessness and haste.
Let’s create new partition:
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[root@archiso ~]# pvcreate /dev/sdb4 Device /dev/sdb4 excluded by a filter.
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Check new partition size:
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[root@archiso ~]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop0 7:0 0 476.7M 1 loop /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 499M 0 part ├─sda2 8:2 0 100M 0 part ├─sda3 8:3 0 16M 0 part └─sda4 8:4 0 223G 0 part sdb 8:16 0 931.5G 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 0 488.3G 0 part ├─sdb2 8:18 0 512M 0 part ├─sdb3 8:19 0 512M 0 part └─sdb4 8:20 0 1K 0 part
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sdb4 8:20 0 1K 0 part – Er… What?
Okay – the simplest solution is just to drop it and re-create:
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[root@archiso ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb
...
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-4, default 4):
Partition 4 has been deleted.
Command (m for help): n
Partition type
p primary (3 primary, 0 extended, 1 free)
e extended (container for logical partitions)
Select (default e):
Using default response e.
Selected partition 4
First sector (1026099200-1953525167, default 1026099200):
Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (1026099200-1953525167, default 1953525167):
Created a new partition 4 of type 'Extended' and of size 442.2 GiB.
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA DT01ACA1
...
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 1024002047 1024000000 488.3G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2 1024002048 1025050623 1048576 512M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sdb3 1025050624 1026099199 1048576 512M 83 Linux
/dev/sdb4 1026099200 1953525167 927425968 442.2G 5 Extended
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442.2G – looks good?
Check again with the lsblk:
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[root@archiso ~]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop0 7:0 0 476.7M 1 loop /run/archiso/sfs/airootfs sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 499M 0 part ├─sda2 8:2 0 100M 0 part ├─sda3 8:3 0 16M 0 part └─sda4 8:4 0 223G 0 part sdb 8:16 0 931.5G 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 0 488.3G 0 part ├─sdb2 8:18 0 512M 0 part ├─sdb3 8:19 0 512M 0 part └─sdb4 8:20 0 1K 0 part
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WTF?
And only from the second attaempt I saw the “issue”:
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... Command (m for help): n Partition type p primary (3 primary, 0 extended, 1 free) e extended (container for logical partitions) Select (default e): Using default response e. ...
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“Using default response e.” – when there are already three Primary partitions present on a disk –fdisk will suggest to use the Extended, type for a next one instead of Primary.
Create it one more time:
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[root@archiso ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb
...
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-4, default 4):
Partition 4 has been deleted.
Command (m for help): n
Partition type
p primary (3 primary, 0 extended, 1 free)
e extended (container for logical partitions)
Select (default e): p
Selected partition 4
First sector (1026099200-1953525167, default 1026099200):
Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (1026099200-1953525167, default 1953525167):
Created a new partition 4 of type 'Linux' and of size 442.2 GiB.
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
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“Created a new partition 4 of type ‘Linux'” – now all correct.
Check it’s size:
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[root@archiso ~]# lsblk /dev/sdb NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sdb 8:16 0 931.5G 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 0 488.3G 0 part ├─sdb2 8:18 0 512M 0 part ├─sdb3 8:19 0 512M 0 part └─sdb4 8:20 0 442.2G 0 part
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Done.
