GNU/Linux |
Debian 6.0.1(Squeeze) |
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addpart(8) |
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addpart − simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
addpart device partition start length
addpart is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition.
This command doesn’t manipulate with partitions on hard drive.
device |
Specify the disk device. |
partition
Specify the partition number.
start |
Specify the begin of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). | ||
length |
Specify the length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). |
delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)
The addpart command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
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