Partitioning a storage medium
A storage medium can be divided into logical devices called partitions. Operations on one partition do not affect the other partitions.
Restrictions and guidelines
The flash memory does not support partitioning.
A partition must have a minimum of 32 MB of storage space.
The actual partition size and the specified partition size might have a difference of less than 5% of the storage medium's total size.
Before partitioning a storage medium, perform the following tasks:
Back up the files in the storage medium. The partition operation clears all data on the medium.
To partition a storage medium, make sure the disk is not write protected. If the disk is write protected, the partition operation will fail, and you must remount or reinstall the disk to restore access to the storage medium.
Make sure no other users are accessing the medium.
Configuration procedure
Perform this task in user view.
Task | Command | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
Partition a storage medium. | fdisk medium [ partition-number ] | To partition a storage medium evenly, specify the partition-number argument. To customize the sizes of partitions, do not specify the partition-number argument. The command will require you to specify a size for each partition. |