PARTED(8) GNU Parted Manual PARTED(8)
NAME
parted - a partition manipulation program
SYNOPSIS
parted [options] [device [command [options...]...]]
DESCRIPTION
parted is a program to manipulate disk partitions. It supports multi-
ple partition table formats, including MS-DOS and GPT. It is useful
for creating space for new operating systems, reorganising disk usage,
and copying data to new hard disks.
This manual page documents parted briefly. Complete documentation is
distributed with the package in GNU Info format.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
displays a help message
-l, --list
lists partition layout on all block devices
-m, --machine
displays machine parseable output
-s, --script
never prompts for user intervention
-v, --version
displays the version
-a alignment-type, --align alignment-type
Set alignment for newly created partitions, valid alignment
types are:
none Use the minimum alignment allowed by the disk type.
cylinder
Align partitions to cylinders.
minimal
Use minimum alignment as given by the disk topology in-
formation. This and the opt value will use layout infor-
mation provided by the disk to align the logical parti-
tion table addresses to actual physical blocks on the
disks. The min value is the minimum alignment needed to
align the partition properly to physical blocks, which
avoids performance degradation.
optimal
Use optimum alignment as given by the disk topology in-
formation. This aligns to a multiple of the physical
block size in a way that guarantees optimal performance.
COMMANDS
[device]
The block device to be used. When none is given, parted will
use the first block device it finds.
[command [options]]
Specifies the command to be executed. If no command is given,
parted will present a command prompt. Possible commands are:
help [command]
Print general help, or help on command if specified.
align-check type partition
Check if partition satisfies the alignment constraint of
type. type must be "minimal" or "optimal".
mklabel label-type
Create a new disklabel (partition table) of label-type.
label-type should be one of "aix", "amiga", "bsd", "dvh",
"gpt", "loop", "mac", "msdos", "pc98", or "sun".
mkpart [part-type name fs-type] start end
Create a new partition. part-type may be specified only
with msdos and dvh partition tables, it should be one of
"primary", "logical", or "extended". name is required
for GPT partition tables and fs-type is optional. fs-
type can be one of "btrfs", "ext2", "ext3", "ext4",
"fat16", "fat32", "hfs", "hfs+", "linux-swap", "ntfs",
"reiserfs", "udf", or "xfs".
name partition name
Set the name of partition to name. This option works only
on Mac, PC98, and GPT disklabels. The name can be placed
in double quotes, if necessary. And depending on the
shell may need to also be wrapped in single quotes so
that the shell doesn't strip off the double quotes.
print Display the partition table.
quit Exit from parted.
rescue start end
Rescue a lost partition that was located somewhere be-
tween start and end. If a partition is found, parted
will ask if you want to create an entry for it in the
partition table.
resizepart partition end
Change the end position of partition. Note that this
does not modify any filesystem present in the partition.
rm partition
Delete partition.
select device
Choose device as the current device to edit. device
should usually be a Linux hard disk device, but it can be
a partition, software raid device, or an LVM logical vol-
ume if necessary.
set partition flag state
Change the state of the flag on partition to state. Sup-
ported flags are: "boot", "root", "swap", "hidden",
"raid", "lvm", "lba", "legacy_boot", "irst", "msftres",
"esp", "chromeos_kernel" and "palo". state should be ei-
ther "on" or "off".
unit unit
Set unit as the unit to use when displaying locations and
sizes, and for interpreting those given by the user when
not suffixed with an explicit unit. unit can be one of
"s" (sectors), "B" (bytes), "kB", "MB", "MiB", "GB",
"GiB", "TB", "TiB", "%" (percentage of device size),
"cyl" (cylinders), "chs" (cylinders, heads, sectors), or
"compact" (megabytes for input, and a human-friendly form
for output).
toggle partition flag
Toggle the state of flag on partition.
version
Display version information and a copyright message.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>
SEE ALSO
fdisk(8), mkfs(8), The parted program is fully documented in the
info(1) format GNU partitioning software manual which is distributed
with the parted-doc Debian package.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for
the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
parted 2007 March 29 PARTED(8)