GNU/Linux |
Debian 6.0.8(Squeeze) |
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partx(8) |
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partx − telling the kernel about presence and numbering of on-disk partitions.
partx [−a|−d|−l] [−−type TYPE] [−−nr M-N] [partition] disk
Given a block device ( disk ) and a partition table type , try to parse the partition table, and list the contents. Optionally add or remove partitions.
This is not an fdisk - adding and removing partitions is not a change of the disk, but just telling the kernel about presence and numbering of on-disk partitions.
−a |
add specified partitions or read disk and add all partitions | ||
−d |
delete specified or all partitions | ||
−l |
list partitions. Note that the all numbers are in 512-byte sectors. |
--type TYPE
Specify the partition type -- dos, bsd, solaris, unixware or gpt.
--nr M-N
Specify the range of partitions (e.g --nr 2-4).
addpart(8), delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8)
The partx 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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