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• To create a partition with a file system:

mkpartfs PTYPE FTYPE START END

PTYPE is partition type: primary, logical or extended. For GPT partition table only “primary”

is used.

FTYPE is file system type: fat16, fat32, ext2 and linux-swap.

• To move a partition MINOR:

move MINOR START END

• To name a partition MINOR to NAME:

name MINOR NAME

• To display a partition table, or a partition:

print [MINOR]

• To exit:

quit

• To recovery a lost partition near START and END:

rescue START END

• To resize a file system on partition MINOR:

resize MINOR START END

• To delete partition MINOR:

rm MINOR

• To select the device to edit:

select DEVICE

• To change a flag on partition MINOR:

set <MINOR> <FLAG> <STATE>

The relevant flags are:

— - boot : Set ESP Partition GUID

— - hidden : Hidden partition

— - hp-service : Set HPSP Partition GUID

The accepted value to state is “on” or “off”.

• To create a new GPT partition table in /dev/sda device:

parted -s /dev/sda mklabel gpt

• To create a partition with 100 MB, starting in LBA 0 and finalizing in LBA 100 in /dev/

cciss/c0d0 device:

parted -s /dev/cciss/c0d0 mkpart 0 100

• To set the ESP partition GUID in the first partition on the table:

parted -s /dev/cciss/c0d0 set 1 boot on

• To set the name of the second partition of the /dev/cciss/c0d0 partition table to “HP

Service Partition” use:

parted -s /dev/sda name 2 “HP Service Partition”

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