Partitioning the Lenovo Storage V7000 system disk

Use this information when you set up Lenovo Storage V7000 disk partitions.

Before you create a file system, partition the disk by using the fdisk utility. You have to specify the special device file of the disk you want to partition when you run fdisk. Figure 1 shows an example of the different options for the fdisk utility.

Note: If you are using the subsystem device driver (SDD), your path in the example is /dev/vpathb instead of /dev/sdb.

Figure 1. Example of different options for the fdisk utility

# fdisk /dev/sdb

Command 	(m for help): m
Command 	action
a 				toggle a bootable flag
b 				edit bsd disklabel
c 				toggle the dos compatibility flag
d 				delete a partition
l 				list known partition types
m 				print this menu
n 				add a new partition
o 				create a new empty DOS partition table
p 				print the partition table
q 				quit without saving changes
s 				create a new empty Sun disklabel
t 				change a partitions system id
u 				change display/entry units
v 				verify the partition table
w 				write table to disk and exit
x 				extra functionality (experts only)

Figure 2 shows an example of a primary partition on the disk /dev/sdb.

Note: If you are using the SDD, your path in the example is /dev/vpathb instead of /dev/sdb.

Figure 2. Example of a primary partition on the disk /dev/sdb

Command (m for help): n

Command 	action
e 				extended
p 				primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-953, default 1): Enter
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-953, default 953): Enter
Using default value 953

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 953 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes

	Device Boot 	Start 	End 		Blocks 	Id 	System
	/dev/sdb1 				1 953 		975856 	83		Linux