Problem with re-installing old server (setup-storage GPT related)

[Steffen Grunewald]

I was trying to re-install an old server that had been set-up with pre-Etch
FAI. Since there was no official GPT support at that time, I made a hook
that performed the task.

Here's the output of parted -s /dev/sdb (for the already partitioned disk):

(parted) unit chs print free

Disk /dev/sdb: 848786,60,41
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 848786,255,63.  Each cylinder is 8225kB.
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End          File system  Name     Flags
 1      0,0,34  848786,60,8  xfs          primary

(parted) unit B print free

Disk /dev/sdb: 6981504466943B
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End             Size            File system  Name     Flags
 1      17408B  6981504450047B  6981504432640B  xfs          primary

I defined the partition in disk_config:

disk_config sdb disklabel:gpt preserve_always:1
primary /storage               1-      xfs     rw

When running the partition task, I get an error:

Calling task_partition
Partitioning local harddisks using setup-storage
Starting setup-storage 1.0.3
Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/HEXE_STORAGE
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit TiB print
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit B print free
Executing: parted -s /dev/sda unit chs print free
Executing: parted -s /dev/sdb unit TiB print
Executing: parted -s /dev/sdb unit B print free
Executing: parted -s /dev/sdb unit chs print free
Executing: vgdisplay --units m -s
Executing: mdadm --detail --scan --verbose -c partitions
Disk /dev/sdb is too small - at least 6981504467456 bytes are required

- apparently some rounding-up is happening somewhere?

Back to old style for now...

Cheers,
 Steffen

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