+def single_partition_device_2_x (device, vars, log):
+ try:
+ log.write("Using pyparted 2.x\n")
+
+ # Thierry june 2012 -- for disks larger than 2TB
+ # calling this with part_type='msdos' would fail at the maximizePartition stage
+ # create a new partition table
+ def partition_table (device, part_type, fs_type):
+ # wipe the old partition table
+ utils.sysexec("dd if=/dev/zero of={} bs=512 count=1".format(device), log)
+ # get the device
+ dev = parted.Device(device)
+ disk = parted.freshDisk(dev, part_type)
+ # create one big partition on each block device
+ constraint = parted.constraint.Constraint (device=dev)
+ geometry = parted.geometry.Geometry (device=dev, start=0, end=1)
+ fs = parted.filesystem.FileSystem (type=fs_type, geometry=geometry)
+ new_part = parted.partition.Partition (disk, type=parted.PARTITION_NORMAL,
+ fs=fs, geometry=geometry)
+ # make it an lvm partition
+ new_part.setFlag(parted.PARTITION_LVM)
+ # actually add the partition to the disk
+ disk.addPartition(new_part, constraint)
+ disk.maximizePartition(new_part, constraint)
+ disk.commit()
+ log.write ("Current disk for {} - partition type {}\n{}\n".format(device, part_type, disk))
+ log.write ("Current dev for {}\n{}\n".format(device, dev))
+ del disk
+
+ try:
+ partition_table (device, 'msdos', 'ext2')
+ except:
+ partition_table (device, 'gpt', 'ext2')
+
+ except Exception as e:
+ log.write("Exception inside single_partition_device_2_x : {}\n".format(str(e)))
+ import traceback
+ traceback.print_exc(file=log)