MBR -----> Master Boot Record.
P -----> primary partition
Extended -----> Extended partition
L -----> logical partition
Free -----> Free space
MB R | P | P | P | Extended | ||
L | L | FREE |
F disk -----> Disk partitioning utility
parted -----> Another Disk partitioning utility
Different types of disks will be having different initials in Linux
IDE drive will be shown as /dev/had
SCSI/SATA drive will be shown as /dev/sda
the virtual drive will be shown as /dev/vda
Note: The first two letters represent whether the disk is a SCSI (sd) (or) IDE (hd) disk. The third letter represents which disk it actually is If there is a number after the three letters, it is the number of the partition
To view information about the current partition layout,
#cat /proc/partitions / grep hd For IDE
#cat /proc /partitions / grep sd For SCSI / SATA
You need to view their current partitions to see if any exist.
Syn: fdik [options] [device]
Options:
Note: There are some limitations when it comes to working with partitions. You can have only four partitions to a physical disk with one exception. If you want to make more than the four, you need to create three primary partitions and one extended partition, although the primary partitions aren’t required for extended partition, creation. The extended partition can then hold 11 logical partitions (5-16) on it.
Step 1): # f disk /dev/sda
Step 2): view all the options available to you
command (m for help): m
P-----> print the partition table
n -----> add a new partition
d -----> delete a partition
m -----> print this menu
q -----> quit without saving changes
t-----> change a partition’s system-id
w -----> Write the table to disk and exit
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#f disk /dev/sad
:n
First Cylinder (1-1044, default 1 ) :
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or + size ………..(1-1044,……..) : + 500M
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:P
w
Syn: part probe [options] [device]
a) d does not actually inform the operating system
b) s prints a summary of contents.
#partprobe /dev/sda
#parted / dev/ sda
(parted) multipart
partition type? Primary/extended/ logical?
File system type? [ex:2]?
start?
End?
(parted) print
(parted) quit
#part probe
#parted -l
Deleting a partition is much easier than creating one because you need to specify only the partition number that you want to delete.
:p-----> printout the current partition
:d-----> Delete a partition
:6-----> want to delete 6th partition
:w -----> write changes to disk
#part probe /dev/sda
(parted) print
(parted) rm 5
(parted) quit
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