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Fdisk

Index Fdisk

fdisk is a command-line utility for disk partitioning. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 64 relations: Apple Inc., ArcaOS, Berkeley Software Distribution, Boot flag, BSD disklabel, Cfdisk, Command (computing), Commercial software, Console application, CP/M-86, Datalight, Digital Research, Disk partitioning, Diskpart, DOS, DR-DOS, DragonFly BSD, EComStation, File Allocation Table, FlexOS, Format (command), FreeBSD, FreeDOS, GNU General Public License, Graphical user interface, GUID Partition Table, Hard disk drive, High Performance File System, IBM, IBM PC DOS, IBM Personal Computer XT, JFS (file system), List of disk partitioning software, Logical Disk Manager, Logical Volume Manager (Linux), Mach (kernel), MacOS, Master boot record, McGraw Hill Education, Microsoft, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Ncurses, NetBSD, Novell, O'Reilly Media, OpenBSD, OS/2, Paragon Software Group, ... Expand index (14 more) »

  2. Disk partitioning software
  3. External DOS commands
  4. OS/2 commands
  5. Unix file system-related software

Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.

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ArcaOS

ArcaOS is an operating system based on OS/2, developed and marketed by Arca Noae, LLC under license from IBM.

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Berkeley Software Distribution

The Berkeley Software Distribution or Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) is a discontinued operating system based on Research Unix, developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Boot flag

A boot flag is a 1-byte value in a non-extended partition record, within a master boot record.

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BSD disklabel

In BSD-derived computer operating systems (including NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and DragonFly BSD) and in related operating systems such as SunOS, a disklabel is a record stored on a data storage device such as a hard disk that contains information about the location of the partitions on the disk.

See Fdisk and BSD disklabel

Cfdisk

cfdisk is a Linux partition editor, similar to fdisk, but with a different, curses-based user interface. Fdisk and Cfdisk are Disk partitioning software.

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Command (computing)

In computing, a command is a directive to a computer program to perform a specific task. Fdisk and command (computing) are Windows commands.

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Commercial software

Commercial software, or seldom payware, is a computer software that is produced for sale or that serves commercial purposes.

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Console application

A console application or command-line program is a computer program (applications or utilities) designed to be used via a text-only user interface, such as a text terminal, the command-line interface of some operating systems (Unix, DOS, etc.) or the text-based interface included with most graphical user interface (GUI) operating systems, such as the Windows Console in Microsoft Windows, the Terminal in macOS, and xterm in Unix. Fdisk and console application are Windows administration.

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CP/M-86

CP/M-86 is a discontinued version of the CP/M operating system that Digital Research (DR) made for the Intel 8086 and Intel 8088.

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Datalight

Datalight was a privately held software company specializing in power failsafe and high performance software for preserving data integrity in embedded systems.

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Digital Research

Digital Research, Inc. (DR or DRI) was a privately held American software company created by Gary Kildall to market and develop his CP/M operating system and related 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit systems like MP/M, Concurrent DOS, FlexOS, Multiuser DOS, DOS Plus, DR DOS and GEM.

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Disk partitioning

Disk partitioning or disk slicing is the creation of one or more regions on secondary storage, so that each region can be managed separately.

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Diskpart

In computing, diskpart is a command-line disk partitioning utility included in Windows 2000 and later Microsoft operating systems, replacing its predecessor, fdisk. Fdisk and diskpart are Disk partitioning software, Windows administration and Windows commands.

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DOS

DOS is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers.

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DR-DOS

DR-DOS (written as DR DOS, without a hyphen, in versions up to and including 6.0) is a disk operating system for IBM PC compatibles.

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DragonFly BSD

DragonFly BSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system forked from FreeBSD 4.8.

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EComStation

eComStation or eCS is an operating system based on OS/2 Warp for the 32-bit x86 architecture.

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File Allocation Table

File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default filesystem for MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems.

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FlexOS

FlexOS is a discontinued modular real-time multiuser multitasking operating system (RTOS) designed for computer-integrated manufacturing, laboratory, retail and financial markets.

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Format (command)

In computing, format is a command-line utility that carries out disk formatting. Fdisk and format (command) are External DOS commands, OS/2 commands and Windows commands.

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FreeBSD

FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

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FreeDOS

FreeDOS (formerly Free-DOS and PD-DOS) is a free software operating system for IBM PC compatible computers.

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GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.

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Graphical user interface

A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation.

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GUID Partition Table

The GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of partition tables of a physical computer storage device, such as a hard disk drive or solid-state drive, using universally unique identifiers (UUIDs), which are also known as globally unique identifiers (GUIDs).

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Hard disk drive

A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.

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High Performance File System

HPFS (High Performance File System) is a file system created specifically for the OS/2 operating system to improve upon the limitations of the FAT file system.

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IBM

International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.

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IBM PC DOS

IBM PC DOS (an acronym for IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System),Formally known as "The IBM Personal Computer DOS" from versions 1.0 through 3.30, as reported in those versions' respective COMMAND.COM outputs also known as PC DOS or IBM DOS, is a discontinued disk operating system for the IBM Personal Computer, its successors, and IBM PC compatibles.

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IBM Personal Computer XT

The IBM Personal Computer XT (model 5160, often shortened to PC/XT) is the second computer in the IBM Personal Computer line, released on March 8, 1983.

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JFS (file system)

Journaled File System (JFS) is a 64-bit journaling file system created by IBM.

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List of disk partitioning software

This is a list of utilities for performing disk partitioning. Fdisk and list of disk partitioning software are Disk partitioning software.

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Logical Disk Manager

The Logical Disk Manager (LDM) is an implementation of a logical volume manager for Microsoft Windows NT, developed by Microsoft and Veritas Software.

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Logical Volume Manager (Linux)

In Linux, Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a device mapper framework that provides logical volume management for the Linux kernel.

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Mach (kernel)

Mach is a kernel developed at Carnegie Mellon University by Richard Rashid and Avie Tevanian to support operating system research, primarily distributed and parallel computing.

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MacOS

macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.

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Master boot record

A master boot record (MBR) is a type of boot sector in the first few blocks of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems and beyond.

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McGraw Hill Education

McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

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Microsoft Press

Microsoft Press is the publishing arm of Microsoft, usually releasing books dealing with various current Microsoft technologies.

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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.

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MS-DOS

MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.

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Ncurses

ncurses (new curses) is a programming library providing an application programming interface (API) that allows writing text-based user interfaces (TUI) in a computer terminal-independent manner.

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NetBSD

NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

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Novell

Novell, Inc. was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah, that existed from 1980 until 2014.

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O'Reilly Media

O'Reilly Media, Inc. (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) is an American learning company established by Tim O'Reilly provides technical and professional skills development courses via an online learning platform.

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OpenBSD

OpenBSD is a security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

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OS/2

OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci.

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Paragon Software Group

Paragon Software Group is a German software company that develops hard drive management software, low-level file system drivers and storage technologies.

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Proprietary software

Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.

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PTS-DOS

PTS-DOS (aka PTS/DOS) is a disk operating system, a DOS clone, developed in Russia by PhysTechSoft and Paragon Technology Systems.

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SISNE plus

SISNE plus is a DOS 3.3 compatible clone created by Itautec and Scopus Tecnologia in Brazil prior to the end of the Market Reserve in 1991, which, at that time, forbade the importation of electronic equipment and software for general use.

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Text mode

Text mode is a computer display mode in which content is internally represented on a computer screen in terms of characters rather than individual pixels.

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Text-based user interface

In computing, text-based user interfaces (TUI) (alternately terminal user interfaces, to reflect a dependence upon the properties of computer terminals and not just text), is a retronym describing a type of user interface (UI) common as an early form of human–computer interaction, before the advent of bitmapped displays and modern conventional graphical user interfaces (GUIs).

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UNIX System V

Unix System V (pronounced: "System Five") is one of the first commercial versions of the Unix operating system.

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Util-linux

is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system.

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Volume (computing)

In computer data storage, a volume or logical drive is a single accessible storage area with a single file system, typically (though not necessarily) resident on a single partition of a hard disk.

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Windows 2000

Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses.

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Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.

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Windows 98

Windows 98 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Windows Me

Windows Me (Millennium Edition) is an operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Xenix

Xenix is a discontinued version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.

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386BSD

386BSD (also known as "Jolix") is a discontinued operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) that was developed by couple Lynne and William Jolitz.

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See also

Disk partitioning software

External DOS commands

OS/2 commands

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fdisk

Also known as Blkid, FDISK (DOS command), FDISK.COM, FDisc, Gdisk, Xfdisk.

, Proprietary software, PTS-DOS, SISNE plus, Text mode, Text-based user interface, UNIX System V, Util-linux, Volume (computing), Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Xenix, 386BSD.