In building my first unRAID server, I am going to pre-clear a used WD EARX 2T drive. In responding to the command "./preclear_disk.sh -A -M 4 /dev/sda", it shows up that it would create partition starting from sector 2048, instead of starting from sector 64. Is there something wrong in the command or because is is a used drive formatted in NTFS?

In building my first unRAID server, I am going to pre-clear a used WD EARX 2T drive. In responding to the command "./preclear_disk.sh -A -M 4 /dev/sda", it shows up that it would create partition starting from sector 2048, instead of starting from sector 64. Is there something wrong in the command or because is is a used drive formatted in NTFS?

It is showing you the EXISTING partitioning.  (To help you in ensuring the drive is the one you want to clear)

 

It is also saying it will start the partition on sector 64.

 

Joe L.

 

Thanks!