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<H1>partition(8)</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
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partition - make a partition table
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>partition</STRONG> [<STRONG>-mf</STRONG>] <EM>device</EM> [<EM>type</EM>:]<EM>size</EM>[<STRONG>+*</STRONG>] ...
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>Partition</STRONG> makes a partition table on <EM>device</EM> using the types and sizes
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given. It may be used in combination with <STRONG><A HREF="../man8/repartition.8.html">repartition(8)</A></STRONG> for automatic
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installation of Minix.
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You may give up to four <EM>type</EM>:<EM>size</EM>[<STRONG>+*</STRONG>] 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 <EM>type</EM> field is the type of the partitition in hexadecimal. The <EM>size</EM>
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field is the partition's size in sectors. The <STRONG>+</STRONG> or <STRONG>*</STRONG> 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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<H2>OPTIONS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>-m</STRONG> Minix only, no need to pad partitions. This is the default for
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subpartition tables.
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<STRONG>-f</STRONG> Force making a partition table even if the device is too small.
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<H2>EXAMPLE</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>partition</STRONG> <STRONG>/dev/hd0</STRONG> <STRONG>01:16384</STRONG> <STRONG>81:40000</STRONG> <STRONG>81:2880*</STRONG> <STRONG>06:20000+</STRONG>
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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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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG><A HREF="../man4/hd.4.html">hd(4)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man8/part.8.html">part(8)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man8/repartition.8.html">repartition(8)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2><PRE>
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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