{"id":3642,"date":"2017-04-03T12:35:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T07:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2017-04-03T12:35:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T07:05:47","slug":"fdisk-how-to-label-a-partition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/fdisk-how-to-label-a-partition\/","title":{"rendered":"fdisk : how to label a partition?"},"content":{"rendered":"

fdisk<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n
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  • fdisk stands (for \u201cfixed disk or format disk\u201c) <\/b>is an most commonly used command-line based disk manipulation utility for a Linux\/Unix systems.<\/li>\n
  • With the help of fdisk command you can view, create, resize, delete, change, copy and move partitions on a hard drive using its own user friendly text based menu driven interface.<\/li>\n
  • This tool is very useful in terms of creating space for new partitions, organising space for new drives, re-organising an old drives and copying or moving data to new disks.<\/li>\n
  • It allows you to create a maximum of four new primary partition and number of logical (extended) partitions, based on size of the hard disk you have in your system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    View all Disk Partitions in Linux:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
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    • The following basic command list all existing disk partition on your system.<\/li>\n
    • The \u2018-l\u2018 argument stand for (listing all partitions) is used with fdisk command to view all available partitions on Linux. The partitions are displayed by their device\u2019s names.<\/li>\n
    • For example: \/dev\/sda, \/dev\/sdb or \/dev\/sdc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Linux Code<\/span> <\/div> 
      [root@tecmint.com ~]# fdisk -lDisk \/dev\/sda: 637.8 GB, 637802643456 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 77541 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytesDevice Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System\/dev\/sda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux\/dev\/sda2              14        2624    20972857+  83  Linux\/dev\/sda3            2625        4582    15727635   83  Linux\/dev\/sda4            4583       77541   586043167+   5  Extended\/dev\/sda5            4583        5887    10482381   83  Linux\/dev\/sda6            5888        7192    10482381   83  Linux\/dev\/sda7            7193        7845     5245191   83  Linux\/dev\/sda8            7846        8367     4192933+  82  Linux swap \/ Solaris\/dev\/sda9            8368       77541   555640123+  8e  Linux LVM<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n
      View Specific Disk Partition in Linux:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
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      • To view all partitions of specific hard disk use the option \u2018-l\u2018 with device name.<\/li>\n
      • For example, the following command will display all disk partitions of device \/dev\/sda.<\/li>\n
      • If you\u2019ve different device names, simple write device name as \/dev\/sdb or \/dev\/sdc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
         
         Linux Code<\/span> <\/div> 
        [root@tecmint.com ~]# fdisk -l \/dev\/sdaDisk \/dev\/sda: 637.8 GB, 637802643456 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 77541 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytesDevice Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System\/dev\/sda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux\/dev\/sda2              14        2624    20972857+  83  Linux\/dev\/sda3            2625        4582    15727635   83  Linux\/dev\/sda4            4583       77541   586043167+   5  Extended\/dev\/sda5            4583        5887    10482381   83  Linux\/dev\/sda6            5888        7192    10482381   83  Linux\/dev\/sda7            7193        7845     5245191   83  Linux\/dev\/sda8            7846        8367     4192933+  82  Linux swap \/ Solaris\/dev\/sda9            8368       77541   555640123+  8e  Linux LVM<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n
        Print all Partition Table in Linux<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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        • To print all partition table of hard disk, you must be on command mode of specific hard disk say \/dev\/sda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
           
           Linux Code<\/span> <\/div> 
          [root@tecmint ~]# fdisk \/dev\/sda<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n
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          • From the command mode, enter \u2018p\u2018 instead of \u2018m\u2018 as we did earlier. As we enter \u2018p\u2018, it will print the specific \/dev\/sda partition table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
             
             Linux Code<\/span> <\/div> 
            Command (m for help): pDisk \/dev\/sda: 637.8 GB, 637802643456 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 77541 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytesDevice Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System\/dev\/sda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux\/dev\/sda2              14        2624    20972857+  83  Linux\/dev\/sda3            2625        4582    15727635   83  Linux\/dev\/sda4            4583       77541   586043167+   5  Extended\/dev\/sda5            4583        5887    10482381   83  Linux\/dev\/sda6            5888        7192    10482381   83  Linux\/dev\/sda7            7193        7845     5245191   83  Linux\/dev\/sda8            7846        8367     4192933+  82  Linux swap \/ Solaris\/dev\/sda9            8368       77541   555640123+  8e  Linux LVMCommand (m for help):<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n
             How to Format a Partition in Linux:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
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            • After the new partition is created, don\u2019t skip to format the newly created partition using \u2018mkfs\u2018 command.<\/li>\n
            • Type the following command in the terminal to format a partition. Here \/dev\/sda4 is my newly created partition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
               
               Linux Code<\/span> <\/div> 
              [root@tecmint ~]# mkfs.ext4 \/dev\/sda4<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n
               How to Check Size of a Partition in Linux:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n
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              • After formatting new partition, check the size of that partition using flag \u2018s\u2018 (displays size in blocks) with fdisk command. This way you can check size of any specific device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                 
                 Linux Code<\/span> <\/div> 
                [root@tecmint ~]# fdisk -s \/dev\/sda25194304<\/code><\/pre> <\/div>\n
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