29.3 Creating Linux Partitions

The next step is to create one or more Linux partitions on the new disk drive. This is achieved using the fdisk utility which takes as a command-line argument the device to be partitioned:

# fdisk /dev/sdb

Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.32.1).

Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.

Be careful before using the write command.

 

Device does not contain a recognized partition table.

Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xbd09c991.

 

Command (m for help):

In order to view the current partitions on the disk enter the p command:

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 8 GiB, 8589934592 bytes, 16777216 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disklabel type: dos

Disk identifier: 0xbd09c991

As we can see from the above fdisk output, the disk currently...