LINUX PARTITION ON BACKTRACK 5

LINUX PARTITION

Introduction 

• cfdisk - Curses based disk partition table manipulator for Linux .
• With this tool you can  create and delete the partition in Linux . 
• Tool is created by Kevin E. Martin (martin@cs.unc.edu)

How to open cfdisk in BackTrack 5 

• To open cfdisk , open a new terminal and write the command.
• Command : cfdisk 
• When you click enter , it shows your system partition . 
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CREATING A NEW PARTITION

• To create a new partition , move your cursor to the NEW option through a tab key and press enter key .
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SELECT PARTITION TYPE :

• Now select which type of partition you want , select either primary or logical . 
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• Here in my case , I have selected Logical Partition Type . 
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ENTER SIZE IN MB

• Now time to give size of the partition .
• In my case there is a free space of 2944.16 (MB)
• So I used this free space to create a new logical partition.
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• In my case i have given the size 2500.00
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• Now it ask you , where you want to place your partition .
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• And In my case I have placed the partition at the end . 
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• Here it is ,  your new partition is successfully created .
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How to delete partition 

• Now lets delete the partition we created . 
• To delete the partition , choose the partition and select the Delete option and press enter.
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• Here it is your partition is deleted.
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help option

• To see the help ,choose the help option and press enter key .
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Units 

• You can use this option the display the partition size in sectors, cylinders, size ( MB) .
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SECTORS

• Display the partition in Sectors
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Cylinders

THIS IS HOW WE CAN USE THIS TOOL ON BACKTRACK 5R2

MORE EXAMPLES WILL BE ADDED SOON .

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