fdisk
Creates and manages partitions for hard drives, floppy drives, and removable media drives. Used to specify files system types. Use on unmounted file systems.
Syntax:
# fdisk "drive"
Example:
# fdisk /dev/hda (This command runs fdisk on the first drive of the system )
| IDE Drive Order Labeling | |
|---|---|
| hda | Primary IDE controller, master device |
| hdb | Primary IDE controller, slave device |
| hdc | Secondary IDE controller, master device |
| hdd | Secondary IDE controller, slave device |
| fd0 | Primary floppy drive |
Program commands:
| d | deletes a partition |
| l | lists fdisk partition types |
| m | menu of commands |
| n | new partition |
| q | quits without saving changes |
| t | changes the file system type |
| u | changes display/entry units |
| v | verifies the partition type |
| w | writes the partition type |
| p | shows partition table |
| x | advanced commands |
| b | moves the beginning location of data in a partition |
| c | changes the number of cylinders |
| d | prints the raw data in the partition in the partition table |
| e | lists extended partitions on disk |
| h | changes the number of heads on a disk |
| r | returns to the main menu |
| s | changes the number of sectors on the disk |