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).
