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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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25       start
26           The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
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28       length
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31       -h, --help
32           Display help text and exit.
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34       -V, --version
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SEE ALSO

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

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

45       The addpart command is part of the util-linux package which can be
46       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
47       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.
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