How to create a partition with parted?

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Issue

• How can I create a partition with the parted command?
• How to use the parted command?

Resolution

The parted package is installed by default on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

The Parted utility allows users to:

1. View the existing partition table.
2. Create new partitions from free space or additional hard drives.
3. Delete existing partitions.

• By default, the parted package is included when installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux. To start parted, log in as root and type the command parted /dev/sda at a shell prompt (where /dev/sda is the device name for the drive you want to configure).

• RHEL 6 Creating a Partition

• RHEL 7 Creating a Partition

• RHEL 8 Creating a Partition

• RHEL 9 Creating a Partition

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