source: BOOK/partitioning/alpha/creatingpartition.xml@ f59c2ec

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  <title>Creating a New Partition</title>

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  <para>On an Alpha system a bsd disklabel is required. To create this disklabel
  use the following command:</para>

<screen><userinput>fdisk /dev/[yyy]</userinput></screen>
  
 <para>Then use option b to create the bsd disklabel. Before you exit use
 the w option to write the partition table.</para>
 

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