parted

A partition manipulation program. tldr-pages

On Linux

Linux

List partitions on all block devices

sudo parted --listIdentify

Create a new partition table of the specified label-type

sudo parted /dev/sdX mklabel aixIdentify

Create a new gpt partition table with a 500MiB boot partition and give the rest for the system partition (--script skips user intervention prompts)

sudo parted /dev/sdX --script mklabel gpt mkpart "boot_partition_name" 0% 500MiB mkpart "system_partition_name" 500MiB 100%

Set a partition to have its boot flag turned on

sudo parted /dev/sdX set 1 boot onIdentify

Start interactive mode with the specified disk selected

sudo parted /dev/sdXIdentify

Display help

parted --helpIdentify