ADDPART(8) System Administration ADDPART(8) 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 . AVAILABILITY The addpart command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive . util-linux 2.40.2 2024-07-04 ADDPART(8)