addpart(8) — Linux manual page

ADDPART(8)                System Administration               ADDPART(8)

NAME         top

       addpart - tell the kernel about the existence of a partition

SYNOPSIS         top

       addpart device partition start length

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       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).

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

SEE ALSO         top

       delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)

REPORTING BUGS         top

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
       https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY         top

       The addpart command is part of the util-linux package which can
       be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. This page
       is part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux
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util-linux 2.39.594-1e0ad      2023-07-19                     ADDPART(8)

Pages that refer to this page: delpart(8),  partx(8),  resizepart(8)

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