GDiskDump or DD to show partition names?

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I have partition names like Data-HD, Yhteinen and W10. I do have lots of other partitions, but I want a little more assurance I am copying a right partition to a correct destination. I am quite errorprone with "names" like /dev/sdbd1 etc.

How do I get partition names to show?

i'd recommend you to never use dd just to obtain partition name — user1700494, Feb 07 '16 at 10:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '16 at 09:59

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fdisk -l or sfdisk -l will do the trick and blkid yourdevice can give you informations about the type, the uid and the filesystem on your device

answered Feb 07 '16 at 09:59

dervishe

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with (s)fdisk, you have the partition list and for each partition blkid will give you the information... – dervishe Feb 07 '16 at 11:54
You're right, lsblk is far more efficient – dervishe Feb 07 '16 at 12:06

GDiskDump or DD to show partition names?

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