Linux partition recommendations

Creating and deleting partitions in Linux is a regular practice because storage devices (such as hard drives and USB drives) must be structured in some way before they can be used.

Linux disk partition tool

In most cases, large storage devices are divided into separate sections called partitions. Partitioning also allows you to divide your hard drive into isolated sections, where each section behaves as its own hard drive. Partitioning is particularly useful if you run multiple operating systems.

There are lots of powerful tools for creating, removing, and otherwise manipulating disk partitions in Linux.

In this article, I'll explain how to use the command, which is particularly useful with large disk devices and many disk partitions. Differences between and the more common and commands include:

• GPT format: The command can create a Globally Unique Identifiers Partition Table GPT), while and are limited to DOS partition tables.
• Larger disks: A DOS partition table can format up to 2TB of disk space, although up to 16TB is possible in some cases.

  However, a GPT

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