Tools
gdisk
gdisk - Partition tool
gdisk /dev/sdc
lsblk - Lists connected disks
lsblk -o name,mountpoint,label,size,uuid
/dev/disk
ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/
Result:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 18 20:59 scsi-SATA_INTEL_SSDSC2KB24_BTYS820606UV240AGN -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 18 20:59 scsi-SATA_INTEL_SSDSC2KB24_BTYS820606UV240AGN-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 18 20:59 scsi-SATA_INTEL_SSDSC2KB24_BTYS820606UV240AGN-part9 -> ../../sdb9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 18 20:59 scsi-SATA_INTEL_SSDSC2KB24_BTYS82060704240AGN -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 18 20:59 scsi-SATA_INTEL_SSDSC2KB24_BTYS82060704240AGN-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 18 20:59 scsi-SATA_INTEL_SSDSC2KB24_BTYS82060704240AGN-part9 -> ../../sda9
lsblk
lsblk -o NAME,UUID /dev/sda
blkid /dev/sda
blkdiscard
For flash-based storage, if the disk was previously used, you may wish to do a full-disk discard (TRIM/UNMAP), which can improve performance:
blkdiscard -f scsi-SATA_INTEL_SSDSC2KB24_BTYS82060704240AGN
sgdisk
Clear the partition table:
sgdisk --zap-all scsi-SATA_INTEL_SSDSC2KB24_BTYS82060704240AGN
Create bootloader partition
sgdisk -n1:1M:+512M -t1:EF00 scsi-SATA_INTEL_SSDSC2KB24_BTYS82060704240AGN