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Partition in Linux | fdisk command

 Types of Partition 


There are three types of partition in linux.


    A.Primary Partition

    B.Extended Partition

    C.Logical Partition


We can create three primary partition and one extended partition.And 60 logical partition on extented one.

Total number of partition is 64 on one disk.


Syntax: fdisk <disk name>

m for help


Options:

n - add new partition

p - list partition table

d - delete partition

w - save partition

t - toggle change system ID


Some important commands used for partition


# fdisk -l 

list partition table

# lsblk

list disk and disk partition

# blkid

display block id of partition with file system

# df -hT 

disk consumption with human readable form

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