parted can't reach beyond 4TB ?

[Amir Rasti]

Hello there,

I have just expanded my RAID-5 array to 5TB. Although parted reports the 
disk size correctly, it does not touch
any sectors in the new space after reboot. I am running Fedora Core 9 
with Linux 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP.
When I try using that space, I get "Error: Unable to satisfy all 
constraints on the partition.".
Can you provide any assistance ?

Thanks
Amir Rasti
Research Assistant
Dept of Computer and Information Science
University of Oregon
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address@hidden ~]# parted /dev/sda
GNU Parted 1.8.8
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p                                                               
Model: DELL PERC 6/i (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 4998GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
1      32.3kB  206MB   206MB   ext3               boot
2      206MB   960GB   960GB                      lvm 
3      960GB   1960GB  1000GB                     lvm 
4      1960GB  2980GB  1020GB                     lvm 
5      2980GB  3999GB  1019GB                     lvm 

(parted) unit s                                                          
(parted) p                                                               
Model: DELL PERC 6/i (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 9762242560s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start        End          Size         File system  Name  Flags
1      63s          401624s      401562s      ext3               boot
2      401625s      1875401625s  1875000001s                     lvm 
3      1875401626s  3828125000s  1952723375s                     lvm 
4      3828125001s  5820312500s  1992187500s                     lvm 
5      5820312501s  7809794014s  1989481514s                     lvm 

(parted) mkpart
Partition name?  []?                                                     
File system type?  [ext2]?                                               
Start? 7809794015s
End? 9700000000s
Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.               
(parted) mkpart primary 8000000000s 900000000s
Error: Can't have the end before the start!                              
(parted) mkpart primary 8000000000s 9000000000s                          
Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.               
(parted) rm 5                                                            
(parted) mkpart
Partition name?  []?                                                     
File system type?  [ext2]?                                               
Start? 5820312501s                                                       
End? 4500GB                                                              
Warning: You requested a partition from 5820312501s to 8789062500s.      
The closest location we can manage is 5820312501s to 7809794014s.  Is 
this still acceptable
to you?
Yes/No? y                                                                
(parted) toggle 5 lvm
(parted) p                                                               
Model: DELL PERC 6/i (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 9762242560s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start        End          Size         File system  Name  Flags
1      63s          401624s      401562s      ext3               boot
2      401625s      1875401625s  1875000001s                     lvm 
3      1875401626s  3828125000s  1952723375s                     lvm 
4      3828125001s  5820312500s  1992187500s                     lvm 
5      5820312501s  7809794014s  1989481514s                     lvm 

(parted) q                                                               
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.                          

address@hidden ~]# fdisk -l -u /dev/sda

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util 
fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sda: 4998.2 GB, 4998268190720 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 607671 cylinders, total 9762242560 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

  Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1  4294967295  2147483647+  ee  EFI GPT
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