Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook

Preparing the Disks
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-3876, default 1): (Hit Enter)
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-3876, default 3876): +32M
Now, when you type p, you should see the following partition printout:
Example 4.8. Created boot partition
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux
We need to make this partition bootable. Type a to toggle the bootable flag on a partition and select
1. If you press p again, you will notice that an * is placed in the "Boot" column.
Creating the Swap Partition
Let's now create the swap partition. To do this, type n to create a new partition, then p to tell fdisk
that you want a primary partition. Then type 2 to create the second primary partition, /dev/sda2 in
our case. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When prompted for the last cylinder, type
+512M to create a partition 512MB in size. After you've done this, type t to set the partition type, 2
to select the partition you just created and then type in 82 to set the partition type to "Linux Swap".
After completing these steps, typing p should display a partition table that looks similar to this:
Example 4.9. Partition listing after creating a swap partition
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 15 81 506520 82 Linux swap
Creating the Root Partition
Finally, let's create the root partition. To do this, type n to create a new partition, then p to tell fdisk
that you want a primary partition. Then type 3 to create the third primary partition, /dev/sda3 in
our case. When prompted for the first cylinder, hit enter. When prompted for the last cylinder, hit enter
to create a partition that takes up the rest of the remaining space on your disk. After completing these
steps, typing p should display a partition table that looks similar to this:
Example 4.10. Partition listing after creating the root partition
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