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 parted(8)               GNU Parted Manual               parted(8)
 
 
 
NAME
        GNU Parted - a partition manipulation program
 
SYNOPSIS
        parted [options] [device [command [options]]]
 
DESCRIPTION
        This  manual  page  documents  briefly the parted command.
        Complete documentation is distributed with the package.
 
        parted is a disk partitioning and partition resizing  pro­
        gram.   It allows you to create, destroy, resize, move and
        copy ext2, FAT and FAT32 partitions.  This is  useful  for
        creating  space  for  new  operating systems, reorganising
        disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
 
OPTIONS
        -h, --help
               displays a help message
 
        -i, --interactive
               where necessary, prompts for user intervention
 
        -s, --script
               never prompts for user intervention
 
        -v, --version
               displays the version
 
 COMMANDS
        [device]
               The block device to partition.
 
        [command [options]]
               Specifies a command to parted.  If  no  command  is
               given,  parted will give you a command prompt. Com­
               mands are:
 
               check partition
                      does a simple check on partition
 
               cp [source-device] source dest
                      copies the source partition's filesystem  on
                      source-device  (or  the current device if no
                      other device was specified) to the dest par­
                      tition on the current device
 
               help [command]
                      prints  general  help, or help on command if
                      specified
 
               mklabel label-type
                      creates a new disklabel   partition( table).
                      For  label-type,  currently  only "msdos" is
                      supported
 
               mkfs partition fs-type
                      make a filesystem fs-type on partition.  fs-
                      type  can be one of "FAT", "ext2" or "linux-
                      swap"
 
               mklabel label-type
                      Creates a new disklabel of  type  label-type
                      on the current device.  label-type should be
                      one of "bsd", "loop", "mac", "msdos", "pc98"
                      or "sun"
 
               mkpart part-type [fs-type] start end
                      make  a  part-type partition with filesystem
                      fs-type (if specified), beginning  at  start
                      and ending at end (in megabytes).  part-type
                      should be one  of  "primary",  "logical"  or
                      "extended"
 
               mkpartfs part-type fs-type start end
                      make  a  part-type partition with filesystem
                      fs-type beginning at start and ending at end
                      (in megabytes)
 
               move partition start end
                      move  partition to start at start and end at
                      end. Note: move never changes the minor num­
                      ber
 
               name partition name
                      set  the  name  of  partition  to name. This
                      option works only on Mac  and  PC98  diskla­
                      bels.  The  name can be placed in quotes, if
                      necessary
 
               print  displays the partition table
 
               quit   exits parted
 
               resize partition start end
                      resize the filesystem on partition to  start
                      at start and end at end megabytes
 
               rm partition
                      deletes partition
 
               select device
                      choose device as the current device to edit.
                      device should usually be a Linux  hard  disk
                      device,  but it can be a partition, software
                      raid device or a LVM logical volume if  that
                      is necessary
 
               set partition flag state
                      change the state of the flag on partition to
                      state. Flags supported are: "boot",  "root",
                      "swap",  "hidden",  "raid", "lvm" and "lba".
                      state should be either "on" or "off"
 
 REPORTING BUGS
        Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>
 
SEE ALSO
        fdisk(8), mkfs(8), USER manual.
 
 
AUTHOR
        This  manual   page   was   written   by   Timshel   Knoll
        <timshel@pobox.com>,  for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but
        may be used by others).
 
 
 
 parted                     25 Apr, 2001                 parted(8)

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