60 lines
1.9 KiB
Groff
60 lines
1.9 KiB
Groff
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PARTITION(8) Minix Programmer's Manual PARTITION(8)
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NAME
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partition - make a partition table
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SYNOPSIS
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partition [-mf] device [type:]size[+*] ...
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DESCRIPTION
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Partition makes a partition table on device using the types and sizes
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given. It may be used in combination with repartition(8) for automatic
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installation of Minix.
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You may give up to four type:size[+*] specifications for the partitions.
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You may also specify holes before, between, and after the partitions. A
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hole differs from a partition specification by not having a type.
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The first hole is by default 1 sector to make space for the primary
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bootstrap and the partition table. The other holes are 0.
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The type field is the type of the partitition in hexadecimal. The size
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field is the partition's size in sectors. The + or * may optionally be
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added to indicate that the partition must be expanded to contain any
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leftover space on the device or to mark the partition active.
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Partitions are padded out to cylinder boundaries, except for the first
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one, it starts on track 1. Some operating systems care about this.
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Minix and MS-DOS do not.
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OPTIONS
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-m Minix only, no need to pad partitions. This is the default for
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subpartition tables.
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-f Force making a partition table even if the device is too small.
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EXAMPLE
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partition /dev/hd0 01:16384 81:40000 81:2880* 06:20000+
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Partitions disk 0 into an 8 Mb DOS partition, 20 Mb Minix /usr, 1.44 Mb
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Minix / (active), and a DOS partition of at least 10 Mb at the end of the
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disk. (06:0+ would have been ok too, it's just a sanity check.)
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SEE ALSO
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hd(4), part(8), repartition(8).
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AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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