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Partition

Partition table / Disk label​

MBR (Master Boot Record) / DOS

  • Max size 2 TiB (2³² sectors × 2⁹ bytes per sector)
  • Max 4 primary partition

GPT (GUID Partition Table)

  • Max size 8 ZiB (2⁶⁴ sectors × 2⁹ bytes per sector)
  • Unlimited partition (Windows support 128 partitions)

Reload partition table​

partprobe /dev/<device>

Partition command​

  • fdisk
    • Common
    • Not support GPT before util-linux 2.23
  • parted
    • Support GPT
  • gdisk (GPT fdisk)
    • Support GPT