[root@pctools-special /]# parted /dev/sdb GNU Parted 1.6.19 Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. Using /dev/sdb (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-2850032.062 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 752879.406 primary (parted) rm 1 (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-2850032.062 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags (parted) mkpart primary 0 2850032.062 (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-2850032.062 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 752879.406 primary