addpart8
Tell the kernel about the existence of a partition
Usage
addpart device
partition
start
length
Overview
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
Display version and exit.
Releases
9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 7 times.