'\" t .\" Title: addpart .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section] .\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.23 .\" Date: 2024-07-04 .\" Manual: System Administration .\" Source: util-linux 2.40.2 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "ADDPART" "8" "2024-07-04" "util\-linux 2.40.2" "System Administration" .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .ss \n[.ss] 0 .nh .ad l .de URL \fI\\$2\fP <\\$1>\\$3 .. .als MTO URL .if \n[.g] \{\ . mso www.tmac . am URL . ad l . . . am MTO . ad l . . . LINKSTYLE blue R < > .\} .SH "NAME" addpart \- tell the kernel about the existence of a partition .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp \fBaddpart\fP \fIdevice partition start length\fP .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp \fBaddpart\fP tells the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified partition. The command is a simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl. .sp This command doesn\(cqt manipulate partitions on a block device. .SH "PARAMETERS" .sp \fIdevice\fP .RS 4 The disk device. .RE .sp \fIpartition\fP .RS 4 The partition number. .RE .sp \fIstart\fP .RS 4 The beginning of the partition (in 512\-byte sectors). .RE .sp \fIlength\fP .RS 4 The length of the partition (in 512\-byte sectors). .RE .sp \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP .RS 4 Display help text and exit. .RE .sp \fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP .RS 4 Print version and exit. .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" .sp \fBdelpart\fP(8), \fBfdisk\fP(8), \fBparted\fP(8), \fBpartprobe\fP(8), \fBpartx\fP(8) .SH "REPORTING BUGS" .sp For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c .URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "." .SH "AVAILABILITY" .sp The \fBaddpart\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c .URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."