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CFDISK(8)							 GNU fdisk Manual							 CFDISK(8)

NAME

       GNU fdisk, lfdisk, gfdisk - manipulate partition tables on a hard drive

SYNOPSIS

       fdisk [options] [device]

DESCRIPTION

       fdisk is a disk partition manipulation program, which allows you to create, destroy, resize, move and copy partitions on a hard drive using
       a menu-driven interface. It is useful for organising the disk space on a new drive, reorganising an old drive, creating space for new oper-
       ating  systems,	and  copying  data  to	new hard disks. For a list of the supported partition types, see the --list-partition-types option
       below.

       It comes in two variants, gfdisk and lfdisk. Lfdisk aims to resemble Linux fdisk 2.12, while gfdisk supports more advanced disk operations,
       like resizing the filesystem, moving and copying partitions. When starting fdisk, the default is to run gfdisk.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      displays a help message.

       -v, --version
	      displays the program's version.

       -L, --linux-fdisk
	      turns on Linux fdisk compatibility mode. This is the same as running lfdisk.

       -G, --gnu-fdisk
	      turns off Linux fdisk compatibility mode.

       -i, --interactive
	      where necessary, prompts for user intervention.

       -p, --script
	      never prompts for user intervention.

       -l, --list
	      lists  the  partition  table  on	the specified device and exits. If there is no device specified, lists the partition tables on all
	      detected devices.

       -r, --raw-list
	      displays a hex dump of the partition table of the disk, similar to the way Linux fdisk displays the raw data in the partition table.

       -u, --sector-units
	      use sectors, instead of cylinders for a default unit.

       -s, --size=DEVICE
	      prints the size of the partition on DEVICE is printed on the standard output.

       -t, --list-partition-types
	      displays a list of supported partition types and features.

       The following options are available only to lfdisk.

       -b, --sector-size=SIZE
	      Specify the sector size of the disk. Valid values are 512, 1024 and 2048. Should be used only on older kernels,  which  don't  guess
	      the correct sector size.

       -C, --cylinders=CYLINDERS
	      Specify the number of cylinders of the disk. Currently does nothing, it is left for Linux fdisk compatibility.

       -H, --heads=HEADS
	      Specify the number of heads of the disk. Reasonable values are 255 or 16.

       -S, --sectors=SECTORS
	      Specify the number of sectors per track. A reasonable value is 63.

BUGS

       Before  editing	a  BSD disklabel, the partition with the disklabel should already exist on the disk and be detected by the OS. If you have
       created a BSD-type partition, you need to write the changes to the disk. If fdisk fails to notify the OS about the changes in partition ta-
       ble, you need to restart your computer. As fdisk tries to guess the device holding the BSD disklabel, it might fail to edit it at all, even
       if the OS has detected it. In this case you are adviced to simply open the device with fdisk directly. It is possible that it doesn't  work
       on some operating systems.

       Getting the size of a partition with -s might fail, if fdisk fails to guess the disk device, for the same reasons as with the previous bug.

SEE ALSO

       mkfs(8), cfdisk(8), parted(8) The fdisk program is fully documented in the info(1) format GNU fdisk User Manual manual.

fdisk								  18 August, 2006							 CFDISK(8)

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CFDISK(8)							 GNU cfdisk Manual							 CFDISK(8)

NAME

       GNU cfdisk - a curses-based partition table manipulation program

SYNOPSIS

       cfdisk [options] [device]

DESCRIPTION

       cfdisk  is  a  disk  partition  manipulation program, which allows you to create, destroy, resize, move and copy partitions on a hard drive
       using a simple menu-driven interface. It is useful for organising the disk space on a new drive, reorganising an old drive, creating  space
       for  new operating systems, and copying data to new hard disks. For a list of the supported partition types, see the --list-partition-types
       option below.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      displays a help message.

       -v, --version
	      displays the program's version.

       -a, --arrow-cursor
	      use an arrow cursor, instead of reverse video highlighting, in case your terminal doesn't support it.

       -z, --new-table
	      create a new partition table on the disk. This is useful if you want to change the partition table type or want to  repartition  you
	      entire drive. Note that this does not delete the old table on the disk until you commit the changes.

       -u, --units=UNIT
	      sets the default display units to UNIT. A list of possible units is given below.

       -t, --list-partition-types
	      displays a list of supported partition types and features.

UNITS

       You can choose in what unit cfdisk should display quantities like partition sizes. You can choose from sectors, percents, bytes, kilobytes,
       etc. Note that one kilobyte is equal to 1,000 bytes, as this is consistent with the SI prefixes and is used by hard disk manufacturers.	If
       you  prefer  to	see  the sizes in units with binary prefixes, you should instead select one kilo binary byte (kibibyte), which is equal to
       1,024 bytes. Whatever display unit you have chosen, you can always enter the quantities in the unit of your choice, for example 1000000B or
       1000kB.

       compact
	      display each size in the most suitable unit from B, kB, MB, GB and TB.

       B      one byte

       kB     one kilobyte (1,000 bytes)

       MB     one megabyte (1,000,000 bytes)

       GB     one gigabyte (1,000,000,000 bytes)

       TB     one terabyte (1,000,000,000,000 bytes)

       KiB    one kilo binary byte (1,024 bytes)

       MiB    one mega binary byte (1,048,576 bytes)

       GiB    one giga binary byte (1,073,741,824 bytes)

       TiB    one tera binary byte (1,099,511,627,776 bytes)

       s      one sector. It depends on the sector size of the disk. You can use it if you want to see or choose the exact size in sectors.

       %      one percent from the size of the disk

       cyl    one cylinder. It depends on the cylinder size.

       chs    use CHS display units.

BUGS

       There are no known bugs. We are in early stages for development, so be careful.

SEE ALSO

       fdisk(8), mkfs(8), parted(8) The cfdisk program is fully documented in the info(1) format GNU cfdisk User Manual manual.

fdisk								   16 June, 2006							 CFDISK(8)

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