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 multiple
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
-j, --json
displays JSON output
-s, --script
never prompts for user intervention
-f, --fix
automatically answer "fix" to exceptions in script mode
-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 infor-
mation. This and the opt value will use layout information
provided by the disk to align the logical partition table
addresses to actual physical blocks on the disks. The min
value is the minimum alignment needed to align the parti-
tion properly to physical blocks, which avoids performance
degradation.
optimal
Use optimum alignment as given by the disk topology infor-
mation. 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 print-type
Display the partition table. print-type is optional, and
can be one of devices, free, list, or all.
quit Exit from parted.
rescue start end
Rescue a lost partition that was located somewhere between
start and end. If a partition is found, parted will ask
if you want to create an entry for it in the partition ta-
ble.
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 par-
tition, software raid device, or an LVM logical volume 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", "bls_boot", "linux-home",
"no_automount", "bios_grub", and "palo". state should be
either "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", "KiB", "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.
type partition id or uuid
On MS-DOS set the type aka. partition id of partition to
id. The id is a value between "0x01" and "0xff". On GPT
the type-uuid of partition to uuid.
disk_set flag state
Change a flag on the disk to state. A flag can be either
"on" or "off". Some or all of these flags will be avail-
able, depending on what disk label you are using. Sup-
ported flags are: "pmbr_boot" on GPT to enable the boot
flag on the GPT's protective MBR partition.
disk_toggle flag
Toggle the state of the disk flag.
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).
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