parted

linux

A partition manipulation program. See also: `parted.interactive`, `cfdisk`, `partprobe`.

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parted

A partition manipulation program. See also: `parted`, `partprobe`.

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Options (3)

-l, --listboolean

List partitions on all block devices

Example: sudo parted {{[-l|--list]}}

-s, --scriptboolean

Create a new `gpt` partition table with a 500MiB boot partition and give the rest for the system partition (`--script` skips user intervention prompts)

Example:

sudo parted {{/dev/sdX}} {{[-s|--script]}} mklabel gpt mkpart "{{boot_partition_name}}" 0% 500MiB mkpart "{{system_partition_name}}" 500MiB 100%

-h, --helpboolean

Display help

Example: parted {{[-h|--help]}}

Examples (6)

List partitions on all block devices

sudo parted [-l|--list]

Create a new partition table of the specified label-type

sudo parted /dev/sdX mklabel aix|amiga|bsd|dvh|gpt|loop|mac|msdos|pc98|sun

Create a new `gpt` partition table with a 500MiB boot partition and give the rest for the system partition (`--script` skips user intervention prompts)

sudo parted /dev/sdX [-s|--script] mklabel gpt mkpart "boot_partition_name" 0% 500MiB mkpart "system_partition_name" 500MiB 100%

Set a partition to have its boot flag turned on

sudo parted /dev/sdX set 1 boot on

Start interactive mode with the specified disk selected

sudo parted /dev/sdX

Display help

parted [-h|--help]

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