gnome-disks

graphical disk management utility

TLDR

Start GNOME Disks

$ gnome-disks

Open a specific block device

$ gnome-disks --block-device [/dev/sda]

Restore disk image

$ gnome-disks --restore-disk-image [image.img]

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.

INSTALL

sudo apt install gnome-disk-utility

sudo dnf install gnome-disk-utility

sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility

sudo apk add gnome-disk-utility

sudo zypper install gnome-disk-utility

nix profile install nixpkgs#gnome-disk-utility

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.