1PARTX(8)                    System Manager's Manual                   PARTX(8)
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NAME

6       partx - telling the kernel about presence and numbering of on-disk par‐
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SYNOPSIS

10       partx [-a|-d|-l] [--type TYPE] [--nr M-N] [partition] disk
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DESCRIPTION

13       Given a block device ( disk ) and a partition table type , try to parse
14       the  partition  table,  and list the contents. Optionally add or remove
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17       This is not an fdisk - adding and removing partitions is not  a  change
18       of  the  disk, but just telling the kernel about presence and numbering
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OPTIONS

23       -a     add specified partitions or read disk and add all partitions
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27       -l     list partitions. Note that the all numbers are in 512-byte  sec‐
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30       --type TYPE
31              Specify  the  partition  type  -- dos, bsd, solaris, unixware or
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35              Specify the range of partitions (e.g --nr 2-4).
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SEE ALSO

39       addpart(8), delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8)
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AVAILABILITY

43       The partx command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available
44       from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
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48                                  11 Jan 2007                         PARTX(8)