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Disk partitioning

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Arch wiki: parted Parted Manual

sudo parted --script /dev/sdX mklabel gpt

or for sdcards:

sudo parted --script /dev/sdX mklabel msdos


sudo parted --script /dev/sdX mkpart primary 0% 100%
sudo mkfs.ext4 -m0 -L usbstick /dev/sdX1

or for vfat:

sudo mkfs.vfat -n fotos /dev/mmcblk0p1

Examples

Create a new single patition on i.e. a usb drive and format it with FAT32:

sudo parted -s /dev/sdX -- mklabel msdos mkpart primary fat32 2048s -1s
sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdX1