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parted -l
Model: ATA BHYVE SATA DISK (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 5369MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
14      1049kB  5243kB  4194kB                     bios_grub
15      5243kB  116MB   111MB   fat32              boot, esp
 1      116MB   5369MB  5252MB  ext4


Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label
Model: BHYVE BHYVE DVD-ROM (scsi)
Disk /dev/sr0: 53.2kB
Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/2048B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:

parted -s /dev/vdb mklabel gpt mkpart ext4 0% 100%

parted disk.img mklabel msdos
(no output)
parted -l disk.img
Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label
Model: BHYVE BHYVE DVD-ROM (scsi)
Disk /dev/sr0: 53.2kB
Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/2048B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags: 

Model: Virtio Block Device (virtblk)
Disk /dev/vda: 5369MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name  Flags
14      1049kB  5243kB  4194kB                     bios_grub
15      5243kB  116MB   111MB   fat32              boot, esp
1      116MB   5369MB  5252MB  ext4

Related commands

• fdisk

See also

• Block devices, partition, GUID Partition Table (GPT), fdisk, parted, Kpartx, partition, /proc/partitions, blockdev, mkfs, partprobe, diskpart (Windows), fdisk -l /dev/nbd0
• Block devices: blkid (UUID), lshw -class disk, hwinfo --disk, udevadm, rescan-scsi-bus.sh, LUN, hdparm, findfs, Add a new disk
• lsblk, pvscan lspci, lsscsi, smartctl, fdisk, parted, Kpartx, pvdiplay, pvs, udisksctl, /dev/sd, nvme list