parted - trying to format disk
hi all,
trying to format this disk in centos using parted but im getting an error, can anyone help out
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[root@ftp03 ~]# parted /dev/sdb
GNU Parted 2.1
Using /dev/sdb
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
Model: ATA HGST HDS724040AL (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 4001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
3 17.4kB 1049kB 1031kB data
1 1049kB 525MB 524MB ext3
2 525MB 4001GB 4000GB lvm
4 4001GB 4001GB 860kB
(parted) mkpart
Partition name? []?
File system type? [ext2]? ext3
Start? 0%
End? -1s
Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.
(parted)
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many thanks,
rob
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