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gnome-disks

graphical disk management utility

TLDR

Start GNOME Disks
$ gnome-disks
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Open a specific block device
$ gnome-disks --block-device [/dev/sda]
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Restore disk image
$ gnome-disks --restore-disk-image [image.img]
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SYNOPSIS

gnome-disks [options]

DESCRIPTION

gnome-disks is a graphical disk management utility for the GNOME desktop. It manages disks, partitions, filesystems, and RAID arrays through a user-friendly GTK interface.The tool handles formatting, mounting, imaging, and benchmarking. It integrates with udisks2 for privileged operations and supports encrypted volumes.

PARAMETERS

--block-device DEVICE

Open the specified block device (e.g. /dev/sda).
--restore-disk-image FILE
Restore disk image.
--format-device
Open the format dialog for the specified block device (used with --block-device).
--xid XID
Parent window XID for the dialog.
--help
Display help information.

CAVEATS

GTK application requires graphical environment. Some operations need root. Part of GNOME utilities.

HISTORY

GNOME Disks was developed as part of the GNOME project, replacing older disk management tools with a modern, integrated utility.

SEE ALSO

udisksctl(1), fdisk(1), parted(1), lsblk(1)

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