Create Partition smaller then 2 TB
Use cfdisk
(it is self-explanatory)
cfdisk /dev/sda
Create Partition larger then 2 TB
You need a GPT Partition table but cfdisk
and fdisk
doesn't support GPT at the moment.
But you can use parted
.
Start parted
parted /dev/sda
You get an output like this
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted)
Create a GPT partition table
(parted) mklabel gpt
To create one full size partition
(parted) mkpart primary 0 100%
Show your partition table
(parted) print
Save and Exit program
(parted) quit
Posted by MookiE to MookiE's Cards (2011-10-20 20:19)