8:parted
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GNU Parted - a partition manipulation program
parted [options] [device [command [options...]...]]
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DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the parted command. Complete documentation is distributed with the package in
GNU Info format; see below.
parted is a disk partitioning and partition resizing program. It allows you to create, destroy, resize, move and
copy ext2, ext3, linux-swap, FAT, FAT32, and reiserfs partitions. It can create, resize and move Macintosh HFS
partitions, as well as detect jfs, ntfs, ufs, and xfs partitions. It is useful for creating space for new oper-
ating 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. Commands
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 partition on the current device.
help [command]
prints general help, or help on command if specified.
mkfs partition fs-type
make a filesystem fs-type on partition. fs-type can be one of "fat16", "fat32", "ext2", "linux-
swap" or "reiserfs".
mklabel label-type
Creates a new disklabel (partition table) of label-type. label-type should be one of "bsd", "dvh",
"gpt", "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). fs-type can be one of "fat16", "fat32", "ext2", "HFS", "linux-swap", "NTFS",
"reiserfs" or "ufs". 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 number
name partition name
set the name of partition to name. This option works only on Mac and PC98 disklabels. 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", "lba" and "palo". state should be either "on" or "off"
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>
RELATED
fdisk(8), mkfs(8), The parted program is fully documented in the info(1) format GNU partitioning software manual.