This is an old revision of archlinux/gdisk from 17.09.2013 10:29 edited by EvaggelosBalaskas.

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GUID Partition Table

lets assume that you want to create a new GPT layout on a disk.
From command line you can use gdisk

Contents

Create new layout
Create a new partition
Create a swap partition
Save layout to disk
Verify your changes

Create new layout

gdisk /dev/sda
 
o  
Y

Create a new partition

eg. you need a 5G rootfs partition:

n
[enter]
[enter]
+5G
[enter]

Create a swap partition

eg. the rest available space is for swap:

n
[enter]
[enter]
[enter]
8200

Save layout to disk

w
 
Y

Verify your changes

gdisk -l /dev/sda