parted ( partition editor) is a disk partitioning tool that serves as a modern replacement for the outdated fdisk. It not only supports partitioning of disks larger than 2TB but also offers advanced disk formatting features that fdisk lacks.
In most distributions, only the superuser can operate parted. It can be used in both command mode and interactive mode.
Examples (Command Mode):| # parted /dev/sda print ←Print the partitions on the disk /dev/sda # parted /dev/sdc mklabel gpt ←Partition the disk /dev/sdc using the GPT partitioning scheme (supports partitions over 2TB) |
| # parted GNU Parted 3.1 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) ←Once you see this prompt, you're in interactive mode |