Re: Please check my sudo bash script

[Greg <curtyshoo@gmail.com>]

On 2025-08-31, Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Does this bash fragment look safe for using bash vars for the first disk:
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> SDX=sda
> sudo parted /dev/${SDX} mklabel gpt
> sudo parted -a opt /dev/${SDX} mkpart primary ext4=0% 100%
> sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/${SDX}

The mkfs step must target the partition, not the disk.  Formatting the
raw disk (/dev/sda) after creating a partition table means you’re
ignoring the table you just wrote, effectively making the partition
table useless.

> Thanks.
>
> -Tom
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