How to create boot partition in linux
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Resize to the full size (2GB) with command resize2fs For ext3 and ext4 filesystems that use a journal, if the system has been shut down uncleanly without any errors, normally, after replaying the committed transactions in the journal, the file system should be marked as clean The disk sda1 will be cloned to disk 2 even the size 2 will be the same size (don’t panic) ~]# umount /boot #( don't worry, nothing will hapen to your system even your server is ON) ~]# umount /bootĮ2fsck is used to check the ext2/ext3/ext4 family of file systems. So, open terminal or shell prompt and type the following dd command: ~]# dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1 bs=512 conv=noerror,sync ~]# dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1 bs=20M conv=noerror,syncġ090519040 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 6.22216 s, 175 MB/s Mke2fs 1.44.6 () Creating filesystem with 524288 4k blocks and 131072 inodes Filesystem UUID: 3303ecb2-d97c-4dae-b6f6-157bc82c9b96 Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912 Allocating group tables: done Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (16384 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done Last sector, +sectors or +size (2048-6291455, default 6291455): +2GĬreated a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 2 GiB.Ĭalling ioctl() to re-read partition table.Ĭreate ext4 file system file system on sdb1 ~]# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 P primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)Į extended (container for logical partitions)įirst sector (2048-6291455, default 2048): Lets create partition sdb1 (2GB) on Linux Disk ~]# fdisk /dev/sdbĬhanges will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.īe careful before using the write command.
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In my situation i have add new storage /deb/sdbīelow is the command that you need to run to scan the host devices so it will show the new hard disk connected. Else you have to add extra storage like sdb or sdc. You can use fdisk or parted commands to create another partition.
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#HOW TO CREATE BOOT PARTITION IN LINUX HOW TO#
Let’s do an example how to expand this partition to 2 GB for example.