How to do partitions in linux ?

Partitioning Tools
•Pre-Installation tool

–Disk Druid                                                                      View the List of Partitions

•Post-Installation tools

–fdisk

–parted

Naming Convention–IDE Hard Disk
                                                                                

[root@comp1 ~]# fdisk -l

Disk Management Using fdisk

[root@comp1 ~]# fdisk
                                                                            See the Fdisk Command Details

Update the partition Table

root@comp1 ~]# partprobe

Formatting

Formatting the partition using ext3 file system

[root@comp1 ~]# mkfs.ext3

Formatting the partition using vfatfile system

[root@comp1 ~]# mkfs.vfat

Mounting

Create a directory for mounting the partition

[root@comp1 ~]# mkdir

Mounting the partition on the directory created

[root@comp1 ~]# mount

Unmount the filesystem

[root@comp1 ~]# umount