List the partitions of a device (sda): sfdisk -l /dev/sda Test and show consistent check status on device (sda): sfdisk -V /dev/sda Two ways to create new partitions from an old device (sda): (a) Copy the entire partition table from one disk (sda) to another (sdb) sfdisk -d Manage partition tables with sfdisk 29 June 2009 Add new tag