delpart(8) [xfree86 man page]

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NAME
       delpart - tell the kernel to forget about a partition

SYNOPSIS
       delpart device partition

DESCRIPTION
       delpart	asks the Linux kernel to forget about the specified partition (a number) on the specified device.  The command is a simple wrapper
       around the "del partition" ioctl.

       This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device.

SEE ALSO
       addpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)

AVAILABILITY
       The delpart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

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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)