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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 check partition
72 Do a simple check on partition.
73 cp [source-device] source dest
75 Copy the source partition's filesystem on source-device
76 (or the current device if no other device was specified)
77 to the dest partition on the current device.
78 help [command]
80 Print general help, or help on command if specified.
81 mkfs partition fs-type
83 Make a filesystem fs-type on partition. fs-type can be
84 one of "fat16", "fat32", "ext2", "linux-swap", or "reis‐
85 erfs".
86 mklabel label-type
88 Create a new disklabel (partition table) of label-type.
89 label-type should be one of "bsd", "dvh", "gpt", "loop",
90 "mac", "msdos", "pc98", or "sun".
91 mkpart part-type [fs-type] start end
93 Make a part-type partition with filesystem fs-type (if
94 specified), beginning at start and ending at end (by
95 default in megabytes). fs-type can be one of "fat16",
96 "fat32", "ext2", "HFS", "linux-swap", "NTFS", "reiserfs",
97 or "ufs". part-type should be one of "primary", "logi‐
98 cal", or "extended".
99 mkpartfs part-type fs-type start end
101 Make a part-type partition with filesystem fs-type begin‐
102 ning at start and ending at end (by default in
103 megabytes). Using this command is discouraged. Instead
104 use mkpart to create an empty partition, and then use
105 external tools like mke2fs(8) to create the filesystem.
106 move partition start end
108 Move partition so that it begins at start and ends at
109 end. Note: move never changes the minor number.
110 name partition name
112 Set the name of partition to name. This option works only
113 on Mac, PC98, and GPT disklabels. The name can be placed
114 in quotes, if necessary.
115 print Display the partition table.
117 quit Exit from parted.
119 rescue start end
121 Rescue a lost partition that was located somewhere
122 between start and end. If a partition is found, parted
123 will ask if you want to create an entry for it in the
124 partition table.
125 resize partition start end
127 Resize the filesystem on partition so that it begins at
128 start and ends at end (by default in megabytes).
129 rm partition
131 Delete partition.
132 select device
134 Choose device as the current device to edit. device
135 should usually be a Linux hard disk device, but it can be
136 a partition, software raid device, or an LVM logical vol‐
137 ume if necessary.
138 set partition flag state
140 Change the state of the flag on partition to state. Sup‐
141 ported flags are: "boot", "root", "swap", "hidden",
142 "raid", "lvm", "lba", and "palo". state should be either
143 "on" or "off".
144 unit unit
146 Set unit as the unit to use when displaying locations and
147 sizes, and for interpreting those given by the user when
148 not suffixed with an explicit unit. unit can be one of
149 "s" (sectors), "B" (bytes), "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "%"
150 (percentage of device size), "cyl" (cylinders), "chs"
151 (cylinders, heads, sectors), or "compact" (megabytes for
152 input, and a human-friendly form for output).
153 version
155 Display version information and a copyright message.
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158 ext3 filesystem functionality does not currently work. To manage ext3
159 type filesystems use tools like resize2fs(8) or mke2fs(8). Note that
160 the currently supported ext2 filesystem will be deprecated once ext3
161 support is finalized. Further note that ext3 support will have limited
162 functionality that is yet to be defined. Use tools like resize2fs(8)
163 and mke2fs(8) to manage these types of filesystems.
164 To manually resize an ext3 filesystem and/or a partition use
166 resize2fs(8), fdisk(8) or similar tools. For LVM situations, you will
167 need to use the LVM commands to resize the LVM elements.
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170 Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>
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173 fdisk(8), mkfs(8), The parted program is fully documented in the
174 info(1) format GNU partitioning software manual.
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177 This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for
178 the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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