To view partition information about a device, or to otherwise gain information about partitions and devices on the machine, what command can you use? Present an example.
The fdisk command.
Example:
fdisk -l /dev/hdb - This command will show the partition table for the device /dev/hdb.
fdisk -l - this will simply list the partition tables for all devices on the system.
Example:
fdisk -l /dev/hdb - This command will show the partition table for the device /dev/hdb.
fdisk -l - this will simply list the partition tables for all devices on the system.
Tags: 101.1, commands, fdisk, linux, partitions
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Author: Ryan Robson
Main topic: Informatics
Topic: Linux
City: Houston
Published: 08.02.2011
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