Hello, I use fdisk. fdisk /dev/sde Hit p to see the list of partitions. Press d to delete a partition. Press n for a new partition. Hope that helps. Tommy On Dec 16, 2010, at 11:12 AM, mcclnx mcc <mcclnx at yahoo.com.tw> wrote: > we have CENTOS 5.5 on X86. I tried to create a "raw partition" (NOT FS) on a disk and it continue to show "ext3". How can I get ride of it? > > > === procedures===== > > # parted /dev/sde > GNU Parted 1.8.1 > Using /dev/sde > Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. > (parted) p > > Model: DELL PERC 5/E Adapter (scsi) > Disk /dev/sde: 3146GB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: gpt > > Number Start End Size File system Name Flags > 1 17.4kB 120GB 120GB primary > 2 120GB 240GB 120GB ext3 primary2 > > (parted) rm 2 > (parted) p > > Model: DELL PERC 5/E Adapter (scsi) > Disk /dev/sde: 3146GB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: gpt > > Number Start End Size File system Name Flags > 1 17.4kB 120GB 120GB > > (parted) mkpart prm2 120g 240g > (parted) p > > Model: DELL PERC 5/E Adapter (scsi) > Disk /dev/sde: 3146GB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: gpt > > Number Start End Size File system Name Flags > 1 17.4kB 120GB 120GB primary > 2 120GB 240GB 120GB ext3 prm2 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos