How to create a loopback filesystem on Linux and store data in it.

Linux can be used to create a nice filesystem inside a file. This can be used to store data on it. This could be used as a bootable filesystem, or whatever you wish. Firstly, run this command to create a 512-megabyte file system. 4.4 Tue Nov 26 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=512 > … Read more

List partitions on a GPT partition table with the Linux command line.

I tried to list the partitions on a Windows machine using an Ubuntu Live CD and I got this error when trying to use fdisk to list the partitions. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda   WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on ‘/dev/sda’! The util fdisk doesn’t support GPT. Use GNU Parted.     Disk … Read more