[conspire] parted question - how do I tell parted to partion /dev/sdb

[Darlene Wallach]

I don't see how to tell parted to partition the Seagate FreeAgent Go 1T

parted help lists the following:
 mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END     make a partition
 mkpartfs PART-TYPE FS-TYPE START END     make a partition with a file
system

parted help mkpartfs lists:

(parted) help mkpartfs
  mkpartfs PART-TYPE FS-TYPE START END     make a partition with a file
system

    PART-TYPE is one of: primary, logical, extended
        START and END are disk locations, such as 4GB or 10%.  Negative
values
        count from the end of the disk.  For example, -1s specifies exactly
the
        last sector.

parted help mkpart lists:

  mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END     make a partition

    PART-TYPE is one of: primary, logical, extended
        FS-TYPE is one of: ext3, ext2, fat32, fat16, hfsx, hfs+, hfs, jfs,
        linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, hp-ufs, sun-ufs, xfs, apfs2, apfs1,
asfs,
        amufs5, amufs4, amufs3, amufs2, amufs1, amufs0, amufs, affs7, affs6,
        affs5, affs4, affs3, affs2, affs1, affs0
        START and END are disk locations, such as 4GB or 10%.  Negative
values
        count from the end of the disk.  For example, -1s specifies exactly
the
        last sector.

        'mkpart' makes a partition without creating a new file system on the
        partition.  FS-TYPE may be specified to set an appropriate partition
        ID.


I'm assuming I want mkpartfs. But I don't see how I can specify which drive.

What am I missing?

Thank you

Darlene Wallach
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