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<li>In the terminal as root, issue the command: <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">fdisk /dev/vda</span></code></b><br><br>Remember that we are using a Virtual Machine, so the hard disk appears as '''/dev/vda''' instead of /dev/sda.<br><br></li>
<li>At the fdisk prompt issue the command: '''p'''. What does this do?</li>
<li>Now issue the commands '''n ''' (new partition), '''p''' (primary partition), '''3''' (i.e. next available partition number). When prompted for initial block, '''press enter to accept the default beginning block size''', and '''type: +2G''' at ending block (create 2GB for partition) and '''press enter'''. </li>
<li>At the fdisk prompt, issue the command '''p''' to review the partition information, then type '''w''' to save partition table and exit (ignore WARNING message).</li>
<li>You <u>'''must'''</u> restart your centos2 VM to allow changes to take effect</li>