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XFS partition could not be created on NVMe disk via parted command

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From: Hossein Ojani <hossein.ojani <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-parted <at> gnu.org
Subject: XFS partition could not be created on NVMe disk via parted command
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:12:25 -0400

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Hi Team,

I am writing this email to you because of an error that I've been
encountering using parted command on a NVMe disk.

Using an Ubuntu 20.04 dist, I've been trying to create partitions on a NVMe
disk though I see errors. Below I will put just one of the conditions that
I've faced errors, but there are several.

(parted) print free
Model: NVMe Device (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 5369MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
        0.00B   511B    512B             Free Space
 1      512B    1074MB  1074MB  primary               lvm
        1074MB  5369MB  4295MB           Free Space

*(parted) mkpart extended xfs 1074MB 1574MB *
Error: Invalid number.

However, the same action could be done if the File-System is not mentioned
in the command:

*(parted) mkpart extended 1074MB 1574MB*
(parted) print
Model: NVMe Device (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 5369MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
 1      512B    1074MB  1074MB  primary                lvm
 2      1074MB  1574MB  500MB   extended               lba

It seems the command only denies using XFS File System as it does accept
other partitions as below:

(parted) mkpart primary ext4 1575MB 1774MB
(parted) print
Model: NVMe Device (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 5369MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      512B    1074MB  1074MB  primary               lvm
 2      1074MB  1574MB  500MB   primary               lba
 3      1575MB  1774MB  199MB   primary  ext4         lba

Would you please check the case as I observed the same question in some
relevant forums?
I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,
Hossein Ojani

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Message #10 received at 55184-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: Hossein Ojani <hossein.ojani <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 55184-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55184: XFS partition could not be created on NVMe disk via
 parted command
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:41:31 -0700

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 09:12:25AM -0400, Hossein Ojani wrote:
> Hi Team,
> 
> I am writing this email to you because of an error that I've been
> encountering using parted command on a NVMe disk.
> 
> Using an Ubuntu 20.04 dist, I've been trying to create partitions on a NVMe
> disk though I see errors. Below I will put just one of the conditions that
> I've faced errors, but there are several.


> *(parted) mkpart extended xfs 1074MB 1574MB *
> Error: Invalid number.

That's because an extended partition is a container for logical
partitions, it doesn't have a filesystem on it, the logical partition
does.

Brian

-- 
Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart

Message #13 received at 55184-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Hossein Ojani <hossein.ojani <at> gmail.com>
To: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 55184-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55184: XFS partition could not be created on NVMe disk via
 parted command
Date: Sun, 1 May 2022 19:41:09 -0400

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Hi Brian,

Sorry, my bad. missed the point.

Regards,
Hossein


On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 11:41 AM Brian C. Lane <bcl <at> redhat.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 09:12:25AM -0400, Hossein Ojani wrote:
> > Hi Team,
> >
> > I am writing this email to you because of an error that I've been
> > encountering using parted command on a NVMe disk.
> >
> > Using an Ubuntu 20.04 dist, I've been trying to create partitions on a
> NVMe
> > disk though I see errors. Below I will put just one of the conditions
> that
> > I've faced errors, but there are several.
>
>
> > *(parted) mkpart extended xfs 1074MB 1574MB *
> > Error: Invalid number.
>
> That's because an extended partition is a container for logical
> partitions, it doesn't have a filesystem on it, the logical partition
> does.
>
> Brian
>
> --
> Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart
>
>

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