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HOWTO: Use parted to add and manipulate disk partitions
30/12/08
07:48:23 am, by richard 
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Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Filing Systems, Installation and Configuration
HOWTO: Use parted to add and manipulate disk partitions
So you need to make some changes to the partitions on a hard disk whether it is adding new partitions, deleting partitions, resizing them or simply making a clone of a disk. You can use parted. fdisk and sfdisk both state that:
fdisk doesn't understand GUID Partition Table (GPT) and it is not designed for large partitions.
For this reason I use parted in place of fdisk. It is very straight forward to use but does need some thought before diving in. Changes are put into place immediately and there is no undo option. When using parted or any other tool that manipulates the partition tables of your hard disk, make sure you have a backup of your data and that it can be restored! Better still play around with a virtual machine first, while you are learning.
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Tags: extended partition, fdisk, gparted, hard disk. primary pratition, logical partition, parted, partitioning
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