Linux (and Unix) have generally referred to disk partitions by their "traditional" device name, such as /dev/sda2 or /dev/hda5. However, this kind of name for a particular partition can (and will ...

Linux systems provide many ways to look at disk partitions. Here's a look at commands you can use to display useful information -- each providing a different format and with a different focus.

It’s very likely that in a virtualized environment you will over/under provision resources to a VM. When it comes to shrinking or expanding a virtual hard disk things get a little complicated.

Terms like hard disk, drive, partition, and image are often confusing. Knowing the difference saves time and avoids errors ...

But partition tables are stored independently of the data on the disk, and there are ways that you can rebuild them.

Any Linux distribution which supports UEFI installation will be able to read and analyze the disk partitioning, and will in some way handle the EFI boot partition requirement.