Difference between revisions of "Linux: Partition and format new hard drive"

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  blkid
 
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= ext4 =
 
= ext4 =
 
  fdisk /dev/xvdN
 
  fdisk /dev/xvdN

Latest revision as of 12:13, 24 March 2018

File System[edit]

check hard disk partitions and disk space[edit]

sudo fdisk -l
sudo sfdisk -l -uM
sudo cfdisk /dev/sdb
sudo parted -l
df -h | grep ^/dev
df -h --output=source,fstype,size,used,avail,pcent,target -x tmpfs -x devtmpfs
lsblk
blkid
hwinfo --block --short

ext4[edit]

fdisk /dev/xvdN
m show help
add new partition (if you want filesystem different from ext4 change with t)
p (print partition table)
w (write partition table)
q (quit)
mkfs.ext4 /dev/xvdN#

Check ext4 file system[edit]

e2fsck -vf /dev/sda2