addpart(8) - Linux man page

Name

addpart - simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl

Synopsis

addpart device partition start length

Description

addpart is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition.

This command doesn't manipulate with partitions on hard drive.

Parameters

device: Specify the disk device.
partition: Specify the partition number.
start: Specify the begin of the partition (in bytes).
length: Specify the length of the partition (in bytes).

See Also

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