Disktools

Function Description

fdisk/sfdisk/cfdisk Legacy disk tools for BIOS systems (sfdisk for scripts)

gdisk/sgdisk/cgdisk Disk tools for UEFI/GTP systems (sgdisk for scripts)

parted Advanced disk tool with filesystem options

Disk Tool Function

fdisk gdisk parted

Help menu m ? help

Print partitions on screen p p print

Create partition n n mkpart TYPE START END

Create partition with FS mkpartfs TYPE FS-TYPE START END

Make FS on partition mkfs NUMBER FS-TYPE

Show detailed info

i print all

rm <number>

Delete partition d d

List partition types l l

Change partition type t t

Expert menu x x

Transpose partitions x t move NUMBER START END

Resize partition x s resize NUMBER START END

Replicate partition table x u Verify disk v

v

Write table to disk w

w

Quit q

q

Other Disk Tools Description

quit

lsblk List block devices in tree format

blkid List block devices with UUID and Filesystem Type

partprobe Force the kernel to re-probe the disks

fixparts/testdisk Fix and restore partitions and files

wipefs/shred Zero the disk erasing all files/erase single file

mkfs,mke2fs Make filesystem on partition (format)

tune2fs Change filesystem options

fsck Check filesystem

mkswap Make swap partitions

dd/ddrescue/dd-rescue Duplicate disks