Creating A Partition - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

• fat16
• fat32
• hfs
• jfs
• linux-swap
• ntfs
• reiserfs
• hp-ufs
• sun-ufs
• xfs
If a Filesystem of a device shows no value, this means that its file system type is unknown.
The Flags column lists the flags set for the partition. Available flags are boot, root, swap, hidden, raid,
lvm, or lba.
Tip
To select a different device without having to restart parted, use the select command
followed by the device name (for example, /dev/sda). Doing so allows you to view or
configure the partition table of a device.

6.1.2. Creating a Partition

Warning
Do not attempt to create a partition on a device that is in use.
Before creating a partition, boot into rescue mode (or unmount any partitions on the device and turn off
any swap space on the device).
Start parted, where /dev/sda is the device on which to create the partition:
parted /dev/sda
View the current partition table to determine if there is enough free space:
print
If there is not enough free space, you can resize an existing partition. Refer to
a Partition"
for details.
Creating a Partition
Section 6.1.4, "Resizing
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