Questions tagged [cfdisk]
cfdisk is a linux partition table editor. It is similar to fdisk, but with a different user interface (curses).
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extended disk in cfdisk but it will not grow in df -h
i have a VM running ubuntu and extended a disk to 6Tb, i saw the extra space in the cfdisk command and resized it to the max (6t) it shows up as 6t in fdisk as well but in df -h it will not grow in ...
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What is the significance of GPT's "Partition Type GUIDs"?
When I use cfdisk to create a new partition, I usually change its type to Linux filesystem. There's multiple types for most operating systems, but a very large number for Linux (architecture-specific ...
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How can I list partitions in storage order?
After telling general information (capacity, sector size and the like) fdisk shows 8 columns: sdXY, Boot, begin, end, # of sectors, size, flags, type. The partitions get sorted by Y in their sdXY ...
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Can't write SD card partition table
I can't write the partition table on an SD card. IOCTL error. I can't delete it, either, neither in Linux using parted, cfdisk, or fdisk, nor in Windows, which just says format didn't work. The ...
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Extend 100GB of unallocated space on /dev/sda1 device in command line
I'm looking on my Debian 11 Server for the easiest way to allocate 100GB of extra space after the /dev/sda1 device in command line. The sda1 partition is almost full and needs to be resize with the ...
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cfdisk showing more than 4 partitions
I was trying to make a swap partition, but an error message came saying Primary Partition Not Available I checked the internet and found out there can't be more than 4 partitions because Linux only ...
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Dual booting Arch Linux and Windows with nvme ssd with raid (or fake raid, unsure)
I'm attempting to dual boot Arch Linux with Windows 10, but have run into some problems with partitioning. I was following the installation wiki and SavvyNik's tutorial for dual booting Arch Linux, ...
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Weird partition mess on KDE. Read-only file system
I'm trying to partition a usb stick to NTFS. Before, I've wrongly flashed a windows iso using dd dd if=./AME_2004_\(2020-09-16\).iso of=/dev/sdc status=progress and since then I've been having ...
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cfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda
Background Info I am currently trying to build a Linux From Scratch (LFS) partition. This is my first attempt and I'm doing this to challenge myself, but I'm having trouble getting started. I'm using ...
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Changing label type in Arch Linux cfdisk
I'm trying to install Arch Linux on a disk which was previously partitioned. The Disklabel type is automatically set to gpt. I need to change it to dos. How can I do it?
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meaning of a backtick (`) in front of one partition inside cfdisk
I have a disk with a potentially bad partition (du -sh * in a particular directory gives me Structure needs cleaning). I fired up cfdisk /dev/sda to look at the partitions and what I see is: Disk: /...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Extend Disk
I've got a virtual Ubuntu 18.04 server which is running low on disk space. As this is a virtual server I increased the hard disk size in vSphere. I can see the free space in cfdisk but am unsure how ...
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Arch Linux Install on Macbook Pro 2017 Model
My end goal here is to install Arch Linux on my Macbook Pro. I am trying to use cfdisk but can not see the bottom of the screen. I can not change the resolution of the screen. I am have tried plugging ...
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What are the differences between Linux filesystem, Linux server data, Linux root, Linux reserved and Linux home in fdisk?
While creating file systems with fdisk on GPT partitions, I have noticed in the file system type, there are options like: 20 Linux filesystem 0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4 21 ...
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