format harddisk with parted

on

knilluz@server:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdf
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /dev/sdf
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type ‘help’ to view a list of commands.

(parted) mklabel
New disk label type? gpt
Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sdf will be destroyed and all data on this disk will be lost. Do you want to continue?
Yes/No? yes

(parted) mkpart
Partition name? []? WD2T3
File system type? [ext2]? ext3
Start? 0
End? 2000G
Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
Ignore/Cancel? c

(parted) print
Model: WD Ext HDD 1021 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdf: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

(parted) mkpart primary 0 2000G
Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
Ignore/Cancel? c
(parted) mkpart primary ext3 0 -1
Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
Ignore/Cancel? c
(parted) mkpart primary ext3 1 -1
(parted)

knilluz@server:~$ sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdf1
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
122101760 inodes, 488377600 blocks
24418880 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296
14905 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000, 214990848

Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information:
done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 26 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

sudo tune2fs -L WD2T3 /dev/sdf1

sudo mount -L WD2T3 /mnt/usb4