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diff --git a/disk-utils/addpart.8 b/disk-utils/addpart.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9dcd0a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/addpart.8 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +.\" addpart.8 -- +.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> +.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc. +.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License +.TH ADDPART 8 "January 2007" "util-linux" "System Administration" +.SH NAME +addpart \- +simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B addpart +.I device partition start length +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B addpart +is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition. + +This command doesn't manipulate partitions on hard drive. + +.SH PARAMETERS +.TP +.I device +Specify the disk device. +.TP +.I partition +Specify the partition number. +.TP +.I start +Specify the begin of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). +.TP +.I length +Specify the length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors). + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR delpart (8), +.BR fdisk (8), +.BR parted (8), +.BR partprobe (8), +.BR partx (8) +.SH AVAILABILITY +The addpart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from +ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/. |