01-17-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by
jlliagre
You didn't lose anything.
Disk vendors report capacities in decimal units while format/fdisk still use binary units.
(12502430343-40)*512 = 6401244315136 bytes = 6.4 TB = 6401244315136/(1024*1024*1024*1024) = 5.821 TiB
Thanks jlliagre.
And i shouldn't be overly concern about how the sectors add up ?
e.g. part0 last sector and part8 first sector has a gap of 8 sectors ...
part0 1st sector 0 to last sector 12502430343 > total disk sectors available
part0 sector40 to last sector 12502430343 < total disk sectors available (missing 14 sectors) etc..
Regards,
Noob
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PVCK(8) System Manager's Manual PVCK(8)
NAME
pvck - check physical volume metadata
SYNOPSIS
pvck [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] [--labelsector] PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...]
DESCRIPTION
pvck checks physical volume LVM metadata for consistency.
OPTIONS
See lvm for common options.
--labelsector sector
By default, 4 sectors of PhysicalVolume are scanned for an LVM label, starting at sector 0. This parameter allows you to specify a
different starting sector for the scan and is useful for recovery situations. For example, suppose the partition table is corrupted
or lost on /dev/sda, but you suspect there was an LVM partition at approximately 100 MB. This area of the disk may be scanned by
using the --labelsector parameter with a value of 204800 (100 * 1024 * 1024 / 512 = 204800):
pvck --labelsector 204800 /dev/sda
Note that a script can be used with --labelsector to automate the process of finding LVM labels.
SEE ALSO
lvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvscan(8) vgck(8)
Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.44-cvs (02-17-09) PVCK(8)