1parted(1M) System Administration Commands parted(1M)
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6 parted - partition manipulation program
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9 parted [options] [device [options...]...]]
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13 parted is a disk partitioning and partition resizing program. It
14 allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and copy ext2, ext3,
15 linux-swap, FAT, FAT32, and reiserfs partitions. It can create,
16 resize, and move Macintosh HFS partitions, as well as detect jfs,
17 ntfs, ufs, and xfs partitions. It is useful for creating space for new
18 operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new
19 hard disks.
20 This manual page documents parted briefly. Complete parted documenta‐
23 tion is distributed with the package in "GNU Info" format.
24 parted is implemented with a set of top-level options and a set of sub‐
27 commands, most of which have their own options and operands. These sub‐
28 commands are described below. parted has an optional operand:
29 device The block device to be used. When none is given, parted uses
31 the first block device it finds.
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35 The following options are supported:
36 -h, --help
38 Displays a help message.
40 -i, --interactive
43 Prompts for user intervention.
45 -l, --list
48 Lists partition layout on all block devices.
50 -m, --machine
53 Displays machine-parseable output.
55 -s, --script
58 Never prompts for user intervention.
60 -v, --version
63 Displays the version number.
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68 If you omit a subcommand in a parted command line, the utility issues a
69 command prompt.
70 check partition
72 Do a simple check on partition.
74 cp [source-device] source dest
77 Copy the source partition's filesystem on source-device (or the
79 current device if no other device was specified) to the dest parti‐
80 tion on the current device.
81 help command
84 Display general help, or help on a command, if specified.
86 mkfs partition fs-type
89 Make a filesystem fs-type on partition. fs-type can be one of
91 fat16, fat32, ext2, linux-wap, or reiserfs.
92 mklabel label-type
95 Create a new disk label (partition table) of label-type. label-type
97 should be one of bsd, dvh, gpt, loop, mac, msdos, pc98, or sun.
98 mkpart part-type [fs-type] start end
101 Make a part-type partition with file system fs-type (if specified),
103 beginning at start and ending at end (by default, in megabytes).
104 fs-type can be one of fat16, fat32, ext2, HFS, linux-swap, NTFS,
105 reiserfs, or ufs. part-type should be one of primary, logical, or
106 extended.
107 mkpartfs part-type fs-type start end
110 Make a part-type partition with file system fs-type, beginning at
112 start and ending at end (by default, in megabytes).
113 move partition start end
116 Move partition so that it begins at start and ends at end. Note
118 that move never changes the minor number.
119 name partition name
122 Set the name of partition to name. This option works only on Mac,
124 PC98, and GPT disk labels. The name can be placed in quotes, if
125 necessary.
126 print
129 Display the partition table.
131 quit
134 Exit from parted.
136 rescue start end
139 Rescue a lost partition that was located somewhere between start
141 and end. If a partition is found, parted will ask if you want to
142 create an entry for it in the partition table.
143 resize partition start end
146 Resize the file system on partition so that it begins at start and
148 ends at end (by default, in megabytes).
149 rm partition
152 Delete partition.
154 select device
157 Choose device as the current device to edit. device should usually
159 be a Solaris or Linux hard disk device, but it can be a partition,
160 software raid device, or an SVM or LVM logical volume if necessary.
161 set partition flag state
164 Change the state of the flag on partition to state. Supported flags
166 are: boot, root, swap, hidden, raid, lvm, lba, and palo. state
167 should be either on or off.
168 unit unit
171 Set unit as the unit to use when displaying locations and sizes,
173 and for interpreting those given by the user when not suffixed with
174 an explicit unit. unit can be one of s (sectors), B (bytes), kB,
175 MB, GB, TB, % (percentage of device size), cyl (cylinders), chs
176 (cylinders, heads, sectors), or compact (megabytes for input, and a
177 human-friendly form for output).
178 version
181 Display version information and a copyright message.
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186 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
187 ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
192 │ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
193 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
194 │Availability │SUNWparted │
195 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
196 │Interface Stability │Uncommitted │
197 └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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200 fdisk(1M), mkfs(1M), attributes(5)
201 The parted program is fully documented in the info(1) format GNU parti‐
204 tioning software manual.
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207 This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll for the Debian GNU/Linux
208 system. It is here adapted for the Solaris operating system.
209SunOS 5.11 27 May 2009 parted(1M)