3Ware 9550SXU-16ML User Guide - Page 144
Storage., Disk Management., Create Volume, Create or make the file system
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Chapter 8. Configuring Units b Select Storage. c Select Disk Management. 4 Follow the steps that appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 5 Right-click on the drive and select Create Volume. 6 Follow the steps that appear on-screen to create a volume and to assign a drive letter. To partition and format under Linux 1 Boot the system and log in as root. 2 Open a terminal window. 3 Partition the unit: fdisk /dev/sda If the unit is over 2 TB, use: parted /dev/sda 4 Create or make the file system: mkfs /dev/sda1 If you have kernel 2.6.8.1 or higher, for partitions over 4 TB, specify the XFS filesystem when using parted. Use of the -j option to turn on journaling is recommended for large partitions. For example: mkfs -j /dev/sda To partition and format under FreeBSD 1 Boot the system and log in as root. 2 Open a terminal window. 3 Partition the unit: fdisk -BI /dev/da0; disklabel /dev/da0 | disklabel -B -R -r da0 4 Create or make the file system: newfs /dev/da0c You can also use sysinstall to format and partition the unit. 134 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide