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.\" addpart.8 -- man page for addpart
.\" 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 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
addpart \- tell the kernel about the existence of a partition
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B addpart
.I device partition start length
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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.

.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
.I device
The disk device.
.TP
.I partition
The partition number.
.TP
.I start
The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
.TP
.I length
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
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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	1	.\" addpart.8 -- man page for addpart
	2	.\" Copyright 2007 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
	3	.\" Copyright 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
	4	.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
	5	.TH ADDPART 8 "January 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration"
	6	.SH NAME
	7	addpart \- tell the kernel about the existence of a partition
	8	.SH SYNOPSIS
	9	.B addpart
	10	.I device partition start length
	11	.SH DESCRIPTION
	12	.B addpart
	13	tells the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified partition.
	14	The command is a simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl.
	15
	16	This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device.
	17
	18	.SH PARAMETERS
	19	.TP
	20	.I device
	21	The disk device.
	22	.TP
	23	.I partition
	24	The partition number.
	25	.TP
	26	.I start
	27	The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
	28	.TP
	29	.I length
	30	The length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
	31
	32	.SH SEE ALSO
	33	.BR delpart (8),
	34	.BR fdisk (8),
	35	.BR parted (8),
	36	.BR partprobe (8),
	37	.BR partx (8)
	38	.SH AVAILABILITY
	39	The addpart command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
	40	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.