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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\(cqt 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). -h, --help Display help text and exit. -V, --version Print version and exit. See Also
delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8) Reporting Bugs
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c Availability
The addpart command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from \c