Primary Partitions

[kins]

Hi,

How can you tell if a partition is primary or not from the ESX console?

[riker82]

did you try fdisk command?

[kins]

I tried fdisk -l but still can't see anything with Primary

[riker82]

you must choose which device you want to analyze.

fdisk /dev/sdX

and then press "p" for printing partition table

[vmroyale]

Hello.

You can enter parted and then type print to view the primary partitions.

Good Luck!

[Texiwill · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Use fdisk -l

You will see the System tag of 'Extended' that and any partition after it is not a primary partition.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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