This section shows you how to actually partition your hard drive with the fdisk utility. Linux allows only 4 primary partitions. You can have a much larger number of logical partitions by sub-dividing one of the primary partitions. Only one of the primary partitions can be sub-divided. Examples: 1. Primary partition 2. Mixed primiary and logical partition Notes about fdisk: fdisk is started by typing (as root) "fdisk device " at the command prompt. "device” might be something like /dev/hda or /dev/sda. The basic fdisk commands you need are:
p print the partition table n create a new partition d delete a partition q quit without saving changes w write the new partition table and exit
Changes you make to the partition table do not take effect until you issue the write (w) command. Here is a sample partition table: Disk /dev/hdb: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 621 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
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