sfdisk

linux

Display or manipulate a disk partition table.

Options (2)

-d, --dumpboolean

Back up the partition layout to a file

Example: sudo sfdisk {{[-d|--dump]}} {{/dev/sdX}} > {{path/to/file.dump}}

-h, --helpboolean

Display help

Example: sfdisk {{[-h|--help]}}

Back up the partition layout to a file

sudo sfdisk [-d|--dump] /dev/sdX > path/to/file.dump

Restore a partition layout

sudo sfdisk < path/to/file.dump /dev/sdX

Set the type of a partition

sudo sfdisk --part-type /dev/sdX partition_number swap

Delete a partition

sudo sfdisk --delete /dev/sdX partition_number

Display help

sfdisk [-h|--help]