The command sudo fdisk -l should be issued to verify the device name of the partition. The sudo command allows the administrator to run commands as the superuser or another user. The fdisk command is a tool for manipulating disk partitions on Linux systems. The -l option lists the partitions on all disks or a specific disk. The command sudo fdisk -l will show the device names, sizes, types, and other information of the partitions on all disks. The administrator can identify the device name of the partition by looking at the output.