PARTED(8)							 GNU Parted Manual							 PARTED(8)

NAME

       GNU Parted - a partition manipulation program

SYNOPSIS

       parted [options] [device [command [options...]...]]

DESCRIPTION

       parted  is  a  disk partitioning and partition resizing program.  It allows you to create, destroy, resize, move and copy ext2, linux-swap,
       FAT, FAT32, and reiserfs partitions.  It can create, resize, and move Macintosh HFS partitions, as well as detect jfs, ntfs, ufs,  and  xfs
       partitions.  It is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganising disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.

       This manual page documents parted briefly.  Complete documentation is distributed with the package in GNU Info format; see near the bottom.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      displays a help message

       -l, --list
	      lists partition layout on all block devices

       -m, --machine
	      displays machine parseable output

       -s, --script
	      never prompts for user intervention

       -v, --version
	      displays the version

       -a alignment-type, --align alignment-type
	      Set alignment for newly created partitions, valid alignment types are:

	      none   Use the minimum alignment allowed by the disk type.

	      cylinder
		     Align partitions to cylinders.

	      minimal
		     Use  minimum alignment as given by the disk topology information. This and the opt value will use layout information provided
		     by the disk to align the logical partition table addresses to actual physical blocks on the disks.  The min value is the min-
		     imum aligment needed to align the partition properly to physical blocks, which avoids performance degradation.

	      optimal
		     Use  optimum  alignment  as given by the disk topology information. This aligns to a multiple of the physical block size in a
		     way that guarantees optimal performance.

COMMANDS

       [device]
	      The block device to be used.  When none is given, parted will use the first block device it finds.

       [command [options]]
	      Specifies the command to be executed.  If no command is given, parted will present a command prompt.  Possible commands are:

	      check partition
		     Do a simple check on partition.

	      cp [source-device] source dest
		     Copy the source partition's filesystem on source-device (or the current device if no other device was specified) to the  dest
		     partition on the current device.

	      help [command]
		     Print general help, or help on command if specified.

	      mkfs partition fs-type
		     Make a filesystem fs-type on partition. fs-type can be one of "fat16", "fat32", "ext2", "linux-swap", or "reiserfs".

	      mklabel label-type
		     Create  a	new  disklabel	(partition  table) of label-type.  label-type should be one of "bsd", "dvh", "gpt", "loop", "mac",
		     "msdos", "pc98", or "sun".

	      mkpart part-type [fs-type] start end
		     Make a part-type partition with filesystem fs-type (if specified), beginning at start  and  ending  at  end  (by  default	in
		     megabytes).   fs-type  can  be one of "fat16", "fat32", "ext2", "HFS", "linux-swap", "NTFS", "reiserfs", or "ufs".  part-type
		     should be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended".

	      mkpartfs part-type fs-type start end
		     Make a part-type partition with filesystem fs-type beginning at start and ending at end (by  default  in  megabytes).   Using
		     this  command is discouraged.  Instead use mkpart to create an empty partition, and then use external tools like mke2fs(8) to
		     create the filesystem.

	      move partition start end
		     Move partition so that it begins at start and ends at end.  Note: move never changes the minor number.

	      name partition name
		     Set the name of partition to name. This option works only on Mac, PC98, and GPT disklabels. The name can be placed in quotes,
		     if necessary.

	      print  Display the partition table.

	      quit   Exit from parted.

	      rescue start end
		     Rescue  a	lost  partition that was located somewhere between start and end.  If a partition is found, parted will ask if you
		     want to create an entry for it in the partition table.

	      resize partition start end
		     Resize the filesystem on partition so that it begins at start and ends at end (by default in megabytes).

	      rm partition
		     Delete partition.

	      select device
		     Choose device as the current device to edit. device should usually be a Linux hard disk device, but it can  be  a	partition,
		     software raid device, or an LVM logical volume if necessary.

	      set partition flag state
		     Change  the  state  of the flag on partition to state.  Supported flags are: "boot", "root", "swap", "hidden", "raid", "lvm",
		     "lba", "legacy_boot" and "palo".  state should be either "on" or "off".

	      unit unit
		     Set unit as the unit to use when displaying locations and sizes, and for interpreting those given by the user when  not  suf-
		     fixed  with  an  explicit	unit.	unit  can be one of "s" (sectors), "B" (bytes), "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "%" (percentage of
		     device size), "cyl" (cylinders), "chs" (cylinders, heads, sectors), or "compact" (megabytes for input, and  a  human-friendly
		     form for output).

	      version
		     Display version information and a copyright message.

KNOWN ISSUES

       ext3  filesystem  functionality	does  not currently work.  To manage ext3 type filesystems use tools like resize2fs(8) or mke2fs(8).  Note
       that the currently supported ext2 filesystem will be deprecated once ext3 support is finalized.	Further note that ext3 support	will  have
       limited functionality that is yet to be defined.  Use tools like resize2fs(8) and mke2fs(8) to manage these types of filesystems.

       To manually resize an ext3 filesystem and/or a partition use resize2fs(8), fdisk(8) or similar tools.  For LVM situations, you will need to
       use the LVM commands to resize the LVM elements.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>

SEE ALSO

       fdisk(8), mkfs(8), The parted program is fully documented in the info(1) format GNU partitioning software manual which is distributed  with
       the parted-doc Debian package.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

parted								   2007 March 29							 PARTED(8)