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6 GNU Parted - a partition manipulation program
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9 parted [options] [device [command [options...]...]]
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12 parted is a disk partitioning and partition resizing program. It
13 allows you to create, destroy, resize, move and copy ext2, linux-swap,
14 FAT, FAT32, and reiserfs partitions. It can create, resize, and move
15 Macintosh HFS partitions, as well as detect jfs, ntfs, ufs, and xfs
16 partitions. It is useful for creating space for new operating systems,
17 reorganising disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
18 This manual page documents parted briefly. Complete documentation is
20 distributed with the package in GNU Info format; see near the bottom.
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23 -h, --help
24 displays a help message
25 -l, --list
27 lists partition layout on all block devices
28 -m, --machine
30 displays machine parseable output
31 -s, --script
33 never prompts for user intervention
34 -v, --version
36 displays the version
37 -a alignment-type, --align alignment-type
39 Set alignment for newly created partitions, valid alignment
40 types are:
41 none Use the minimum alignment allowed by the disk type.
43 cylinder
45 Align partitions to cylinders.
46 minimal
48 Use minimum alignment as given by the disk topology
49 information. This and the opt value will use layout
50 information provided by the disk to align the logical
51 partition table addresses to actual physical blocks on
52 the disks. The min value is the minimum aligment needed
53 to align the partition properly to physical blocks, which
54 avoids performance degradation.
55 optimal
57 Use optimum alignment as given by the disk topology
58 information. This aligns to a multiple of the physical
59 block size in a way that guarantees optimal performance.
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63 [device]
64 The block device to be used. When none is given, parted will
65 use the first block device it finds.
66 [command [options]]
68 Specifies the command to be executed. If no command is given,
69 parted will present a command prompt. Possible commands are:
70 align-check alignment-type partition
72 Determine whether the starting sector of partition is
73 aligned for the disk. alignment-type is "minimal" or
74 "optimal".
75 check partition
77 Do a simple check on partition.
78 cp [source-device] source dest
80 Copy the source partition's filesystem on source-device
81 (or the current device if no other device was specified)
82 to the dest partition on the current device.
83 help [command]
85 Print general help, or help on command if specified.
86 mkfs partition fs-type
88 Make a filesystem fs-type on partition. fs-type can be
89 one of "fat16", "fat32", "ext2", "linux-swap", or "reis‐
90 erfs".
91 mklabel label-type
93 Create a new disklabel (partition table) of label-type.
94 label-type should be one of "bsd", "dvh", "gpt", "loop",
95 "mac", "msdos", "pc98", or "sun".
96 mkpart part-type [fs-type] start end
98 Make a part-type partition with filesystem fs-type (if
99 specified), beginning at start and ending at end (by
100 default in megabytes). fs-type can be one of "fat16",
101 "fat32", "ext2", "HFS", "linux-swap", "NTFS", "reiserfs",
102 or "ufs". part-type should be one of "primary", "logi‐
103 cal", or "extended".
104 mkpartfs part-type fs-type start end
106 Make a part-type partition with filesystem fs-type begin‐
107 ning at start and ending at end (by default in
108 megabytes). Using this command is discouraged. Instead
109 use mkpart to create an empty partition, and then use
110 external tools like mke2fs(8) to create the filesystem.
111 move partition start end
113 Move partition so that it begins at start and ends at
114 end. Note: move never changes the minor number.
115 name partition name
117 Set the name of partition to name. This option works only
118 on Mac, PC98, and GPT disklabels. The name can be placed
119 in quotes, if necessary.
120 print Display the partition table.
122 quit Exit from parted.
124 rescue start end
126 Rescue a lost partition that was located somewhere
127 between start and end. If a partition is found, parted
128 will ask if you want to create an entry for it in the
129 partition table.
130 resize partition start end
132 Resize the filesystem on partition so that it begins at
133 start and ends at end (by default in megabytes).
134 rm partition
136 Delete partition.
137 select device
139 Choose device as the current device to edit. device
140 should usually be a Linux hard disk device, but it can be
141 a partition, software raid device, or an LVM logical vol‐
142 ume if necessary.
143 set partition flag state
145 Change the state of the flag on partition to state. Sup‐
146 ported flags are: "boot", "root", "swap", "hidden",
147 "raid", "lvm", "lba", "legacy_boot" and "palo". state
148 should be either "on" or "off".
149 unit unit
151 Set unit as the unit to use when displaying locations and
152 sizes, and for interpreting those given by the user when
153 not suffixed with an explicit unit. unit can be one of
154 "s" (sectors), "B" (bytes), "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "%"
155 (percentage of device size), "cyl" (cylinders), "chs"
156 (cylinders, heads, sectors), or "compact" (megabytes for
157 input, and a human-friendly form for output).
158 version
160 Display version information and a copyright message.
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163 ext3 filesystem functionality does not currently work. To manage ext3
164 type filesystems use tools like resize2fs(8) or mke2fs(8). Note that
165 the currently supported ext2 filesystem will be deprecated once ext3
166 support is finalized. Further note that ext3 support will have limited
167 functionality that is yet to be defined. Use tools like resize2fs(8)
168 and mke2fs(8) to manage these types of filesystems.
169 To manually resize an ext3 filesystem and/or a partition use
171 resize2fs(8), fdisk(8) or similar tools. For LVM situations, you will
172 need to use the LVM commands to resize the LVM elements.
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175 Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>
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178 fdisk(8), mkfs(8), The parted program is fully documented in the
179 info(1) format GNU partitioning software manual.
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182 This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for
183 the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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