Partitioning a USB disk

A USB disk can be divided into logical devices called partitions. Operations on one partition do not affect the other partitions.

The following partitioning modes are available for USB disks:

Restrictions and guidelines

It is normal that the specified partition size and the actual partition size have an error less than 5% of the total memory.

Before partitioning a USB disk, perform the following tasks:

After partitioning a USB disk, perform the following tasks:

Configuration procedure

Perform this task in user view.

Task

Command

Remarks

Partition a storage medium.

fdisk medium-name [ partition-number ]

By default, only one partition usba0: is available on a USB disk.