Section 8 · System administration
addpart.8
Package: util-linux
ADDPART
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
PARAMETERS
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
AVAILABILITY
NAME
addpart − tell the kernel about the existence of a partition
SYNOPSIS
addpart device partition start length
DESCRIPTION
addpart tells the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified partition. The command is a simple wrapper around the “add partition” ioctl.
This command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.
PARAMETERS
device
The disk device.
partition
The partition number.
start
The beginning of the partition (in 512−byte sectors).
length
The length of the partition (in 512−byte sectors).
−h, −−help
Display help text and exit.
−V, −−version
Print version and exit.
SEE ALSO
delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util−linux/util−linux/issues>.
AVAILABILITY
The addpart command is part of the util−linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util−linux/>.