Parted; Synopsis; Description; Examples - HP BL860c Deployment Manual

Table 6-22 Expressions (continued)
Operator or Term
HWQ:string
string
number

parted

Synopsis

parted [-v | -i | -s | -h]...
[DEVICE [COMMAND [PARAMETER]...] ...]

Description

The parted utility manages disk partitions. It allows you to make a GPT partition table and to
create all the partitions needed. It is also able to create hidden partitions and change the partition
GUID to HPSP, SWAP, LINUX and ESP.
Table 6-23 parted Options
Option
-v
-i
-s
-h

Examples

The following examples illustrate the use of parted:
• To check the file system:
check MINOR
• To copy a file system to another partition:
cp [FROM-DEVICE] FROM-MINOR TO-MINOR
• To print general help, or help on COMMAND:
help [COMMAND]
• To create a new disk label (partition table):
mklabel PARTITION_TYPE
The supported values for PARTITION_TYPE are: gpt, bsd, mac, dvh, msdos, pc98, sun,
amiga, loop
• To make a file system FTYPE on partition MINOR:
mkfs MINOR FTYPE
FTYPE is file system type: fat16, fat32, ext2 and linux-swap.
• To create a partition:
mkpart PTYPE START END
PTYPE is partition type: primary, logical or extended. For GPT partition table only "primary"
is used.
Result
The hardware discovery file is searched for string, and the corresponding value is the value
of this term. string is case-sensitive.
A literal string, used for comparison.
A literal number, used for comparison.
Description
Displays the version.
Where necessary, prompts for user intervention.
Never prompts for user intervention.
Displays this help message.
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