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--- disk [2021/01/28 05:46] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ disk [2023/09/24 05:30] (current) – [Disk] jhagstrand
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 == fdisk ==
-Used to create partitions on a disk.
+Used to manage partitions on a disk.
   $ sudo fdisk -l # list partitions
-Note: In addition to listing disks and partitions, fdisk also lists loop mounts. A loop mount looks like a disk but is in fact a file containing a file system, created by a snap package install.
+  $ sudo fdisk -l | sed -e '/Disk \/dev\/loop/,+5d'   # ignore Snap loop mounts
 == df ==
   $ df -T  # disk filesystem format type
+  $ df -H | grep -v ^/dev/loop   # ignore Snap loop mounts
+== Note on Snap Loop Mounts ==
+In addition to listing disks and partitions, fdisk and df also list loop mounts. A loop mount looks like a disk but is in fact a file containing a file system, created by a Snap package install.
+The Snap package system is proprietary to Canonical.
+It is deeply embedded into Canonical's Ubuntu and therefore should not be uninstalled from Ubuntu.
+But I uninstalled it anyway according to https://haydenjames.io/remove-snap-ubuntu-22-04-lts/
 == du ==