fdisk

Manages MBR partition tables on BSD systems.

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Syntax

$fdisk [OPTIONS] [DISK]

Examples

$fdisk wd0

Examples

$fdisk -i wd0

Examples

$fdisk -s wd0

Warnings

WARNING: This command can permanently destroy data!

Tip: Test first with `ls` or other read-only commands.

Typical use cases

Standard usage

fdisk --help

Detailed Help

man fdisk

Note BSD-specific MBR partitioning (similar but different from Linux fdisk).

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