* # Enter the command <code>fdisk -l /dev/sda</code> and describe the output in your log book. The output may be similar to the following:
Disk /dev/sda: 12.0 GB, 12072517632 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
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* # Read and study this [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/fdisk_partitioning.html reading] about how to use the fdisk command before you go on to the next step.* # Review the man page for the fdisk command.
{{Admon/caution | Important/warning! | The following operation will erase the contents of your hard disk. If you have any useful data stored on your disk, you must back it up first or use another hard disk that does not contain useful data on it. Do not plan on sharing the hard disk with the Windows course! You will be doing lots of tasks that may cause you to lose your data.}}
# <ol> <li value="4"> Enter the command fdisk /dev/sda to start the hard disk partition program.</li># <li>At the fdisk command prompt, enter the letter '''p''' to print out the current partition table of the hard disk. If there are any partitions, use the '''d''' option to delete all of them, starting with the highest partition number first.</li># <li>At the fdisk command prompt, use the '''n''' and '''t''' commands to create these three partitions:</li></ol>
/dev/sda1 - 300MB (primary, Linux Native)
/dev/sda2 - the rest of the hard disk (extended)
