This document provides steps to create a new partition on a hard disk using Linux. It involves using fdisk to check existing partitions, add a new partition, update the kernel with the changes, format the new partition to make a file system, mount the partition to a directory to make it accessible, and write sample files and folders to test accessing the new partition. The key steps are using fdisk to add a partition, partprobe to update the kernel, mkfs to format the file system, and mount to mount the partition and make it accessible.
This document provides steps to create a new partition on a hard disk using Linux. It involves using fdisk to check existing partitions, add a new partition, update the kernel with the changes, format the new partition to make a file system, mount the partition to a directory to make it accessible, and write sample files and folders to test accessing the new partition. The key steps are using fdisk to add a partition, partprobe to update the kernel, mkfs to format the file system, and mount to mount the partition and make it accessible.
This document provides steps to create a new partition on a hard disk using Linux. It involves using fdisk to check existing partitions, add a new partition, update the kernel with the changes, format the new partition to make a file system, mount the partition to a directory to make it accessible, and write sample files and folders to test accessing the new partition. The key steps are using fdisk to add a partition, partprobe to update the kernel, mkfs to format the file system, and mount to mount the partition and make it accessible.
This document provides steps to create a new partition on a hard disk using Linux. It involves using fdisk to check existing partitions, add a new partition, update the kernel with the changes, format the new partition to make a file system, mount the partition to a directory to make it accessible, and write sample files and folders to test accessing the new partition. The key steps are using fdisk to add a partition, partprobe to update the kernel, mkfs to format the file system, and mount to mount the partition and make it accessible.
Result: Disk/dev/sda: 41.9 GB, 41875931136 bytes, 81788928 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 Disk label type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00040059 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdal * 2048 1026047 512000 83 Linux /dev/sda2 1026048 21506047 10240000 83 Linux /dev/sda3 21506048 37890047 8192000 83 Linux /dev/sda4 37890048 81788927 21949440 5 Extended /dev/sda5 37894144 54278143 8192000 83 Linux /dev/sda6 54280192 58376191 2048000 83 Linux /dev/sda7 58378240 62474239 2048000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
2. Enter the hard disk by using fdisk command
[root@clientl ~]# fdisk /dev/sda
Command (m for help): m d delete a partition m print this menu n add a new partition p print the partition table q quit without saving changes w write table to disk and exit Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.23.2). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command.
Command (m for help): n
First cylinder (1098-2434, default 1098): Press enter (key to skip cylinders option) Using default value 1098 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1098-2434, default 2434): +100M (partition size)
Command (m for help): p (to print new changes)
Disk/dev/sda: 41.9 GB, 41875931136 bytes, 81788928 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 Disk label type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00040059
Command (m for help): w (to save and quit)
The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctlQ to re-read partition table. WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8) Syncing disks.
Result: mke2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013) Filesystem too small for a journal Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=1024 (log=0) Fragment size=1024 (log=0) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 128 inodes, 1024 blocks 51 blocks (4.98%) reserved for the super user First data block=l Maximum filesystem blocks=1048576 1 block group 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group 128 inodes per group Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done ########## OR ########## [root@clientl ~]# mkfs.vfat /dev/sda8 Result: mkfs.fat 3.0.20 (12 Jun 2013)
