Query: addpart
OS: xfree86
Section: 8
Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar
ADDPART(8) System Administration ADDPART(8) NAME addpart - tell the kernel about the existence of a partition SYNOPSIS addpart device partition start length DESCRIPTION addpart tells the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified partition. The command is a simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl. This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device. PARAMETERS device The disk device. partition The partition number. start The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). length The length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). SEE ALSO delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8) AVAILABILITY The addpart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. util-linux January 2015 ADDPART(8)
Related Man Pages |
---|
partx(8) - mojave |
partx(8) - netbsd |
partx(8) - v7 |
partx(8) - redhat |
partx(8) - minix |
Similar Topics in the Unix Linux Community |
---|
2D collision simulation-programming |