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Revision as of 02:46, 23 May 2017

Internal

Overview

Manipulates the partition table.

Create a Partition that Spans the Entire Device

fdisk /dev/sdb
Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
   p   primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
   e   extended
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
First sector (2048-1048575, default 2048):
Using default value 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-1048575, default 1048575):
Using default value 1048575
Partition 1 of type Linux and of size 511 MiB is set

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list all codes): 8e
Changed type of partition 'Linux' to 'Linux LVM'

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.