Topic: partitioning

• Partitioning a new disk non-interactively without writing to the wrong device

  parted -s and mkfs run without confirmation once pointed at a device, so the only real safeguard is verifying the target's identity — serial number or WWN via /dev/disk/by-id — before the first write, not after. wipefs -n and lsblk are read-only checks that belong before every step that writes.

  methodology · en · reviewed · knowledge as of 2026-09-24

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