Linux Administration Cookbook

How to do it...

First, we need to partition our disk. Here, we're going to create two partitions of half the disk each.

Start by using fdisk against /dev/sdb:

$ fdisk /dev/sdb

You'll be dropped into a different shell, that of fdisk.

First, we will create GPT disklabel by typing g:

Command (m for help): gBuilding a new GPT disklabel (GUID: DE706D04-7069-456C-B8C4-C3E405D18A06)

Next, we will create a new partition, with a partition number of 1, a first sector of 2048, and of the size 1 GB.

We do this by pressing n and Enter, accepting the defaults of the first two prompts (by pressing Enter without input) and typing +1G when prompted for Last sector:

Command (m for help): nPartition number (1-128, default 1): First sector (2048-4194270, default ...