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sgdisk
# print sgdisk -p $DISK # backup partitions to file sgdisk -b sgdisk-backup.bin # replicate partition layout sgdisk /dev/sda -R $DISK # randomize GUIDs sgdisk -G $DISK
# Clear the partition table: sgdisk --zap-all $DISK # Create EFI system partition (for use now or in the future): sgdisk -n1:1M:+1G -t1:EF00 $DISK # Create BIOS boot partition, skip if you don't use this: sgdisk -a1 -n5:24K:+1000K -t5:EF02 $DISK # Create main partition: sgdisk -n2:0:0 $DISK
Examples
EFI
# Change partition 1 type to EFI
sgdisk -t 1:EF00 -c1:efi $DISK
# sgdisk -n 0:0:+1MiB -t 0:ef02 -c 0:grub /dev/sda # sgdisk -n 0:0:+1GiB -t 0:ea00 -c 0:boot /dev/sda # sgdisk -n 0:0:+4GiB -t 0:8200 -c 0:swap /dev/sda # sgdisk -n 0:0:0 -t 0:8300 -c 0:root /dev/sda