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NAME

6       addpart - tell the kernel about the existence of a partition
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SYNOPSIS

9       addpart device partition start length
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DESCRIPTION

12       addpart  tells  the  Linux  kernel about the existence of the specified
13       partition.  The command is a simple wrapper around the "add  partition"
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16       This command doesn't manipulate partitions on a block device.
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PARAMETERS

20       device The disk device.
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25       start  The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
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27       length The length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
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SEE ALSO

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

34       The  addpart command is part of the util-linux package and is available
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