Introduction
Disk partitioning in Linux partitions secondary storage devices (hard disks) in servers to different logical parts known as partitions using fdisk and gdisk commands. Partitions make it easier to segregate and manage data and files.
Creating a Partition in Linux
- To create a partition, first list available storage devices using lsblk or fdisk -l commands.
For lsbk, the output is as below:
For fdisk -l
2 . Choose the device you want to partition and run fdisk /dev/disk-name in this instance fdisk /dev/sda
3 . Use n command to create a new partition i.e
4 . Specify partition details after creating the new partition. You can use defaults in this case.
5 . Write the changes by typing w:
6 . Create a file extension for the partition: mkfs.ext4
For our case mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
Data on a disk can be structured and stored using a file system, such as FAT32, NTFS, or EXT4.
This step is required after a successful partition. It prepares the new partition for usage by formatting it with the ext4 filesystem.
7 . Mounting the newly created partition:
Create a new directory using mkdir to create a path for mounting the partition.
mkdir /boot
Mount using the mount command i.e: mount /dev/sda1 /boot
After a successful partition, you should see the newly created partition and mount points when you run lsblk command.
Happy Partitioning
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