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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

19       device
20           The disk device.
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22       partition
23           The partition number.
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26           The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
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28       length
29           The length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
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SEE ALSO

32       delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)
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REPORTING BUGS

35       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
36       https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.
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AVAILABILITY

39       The addpart command is part of the util-linux package which can be
40       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
41       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
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45util-linux 2.37.2                 2021-06-02                        ADDPART(8)
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