HPE FlexFabric 5940 SERIES Fundamentals Command Reference

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partition-number: Specifies the number of partitions, in the range of 1 to 4. If you specify this
argument, the storage medium is divided evenly into the specified number of partitions. To customize
the sizes of partitions, do not provide this argument.
Usage guidelines
The flash memory cannot be partitioned. A partition cannot be partitioned.
Before partitioning a storage medium, perform the following tasks:
• Back up the files in the storage medium. The partition operation clears all data on the medium.
• Make sure no other users are accessing the medium.
• Make sure the storage medium to be partitioned is not write protected. If the storage medium is
write protected, the operation will fail, and you must remount or reinstall the storage medium to
restore access to the storage medium.
After partitioning a storage medium, you must format the partitions to create the file systems before
you access the file systems.
The actual partition size and the specified partition size might have a difference of less than 5% of
the storage medium's total size.
To change the sizes of partitions on a storage medium, partition the storage medium again and
specify the required sizes for the partitions.
Before removing a partitioned storage medium, you must unmount all file systems on the storage
medium.
Examples
# Divide the USB disk on the device evenly into three partitions.
<Sysname> fdisk usba: 3
Capacity of usba: : 256M bytes
usba: will be divided into the following partitions:
DeviceName Capacity
usba0: 85MB
usba1: 85MB
usba2: 86MB
All data on usba: will be lost, continue? [Y/N]:y
Partitioning usba:...Done.
# Divide the USB disk on the device into one partition.
<Sysname> fdisk usba:
The capacity of usba: : 256M bytes
Partition 1 (32MB~224MB, 256MB. Press CTRL+C to quit or Enter to use all available space):
// Press Enter or enter 256.
usba: will be divided into the following partition(s):
DeviceName Capacity
usba0: 256MB
All data on usba: will be lost, continue? [Y/N]:y
Partitioning usba:...Done.
# Divide the USB disk on the device into three partitions and specify the size for each partition.
<Sysname> fdisk usba:
The capacity of usba: : 256M bytes
Partition 1 (32MB~224MB, 256MB, Press CTRL+C to quit or Enter to use all available
space):128
// Enter 128 to set the size of the first partition to 128 MB.

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