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 copy‐
ing 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 information. 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 information. 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:
mkpart part-type [fs-type] start end
Make a part-type partition for filesystem fs-type (if specified), beginning at start and ending
at end (by default in megabytes). fs-type can be one of "btrfs", "ext2", "ext3", "ext4",
"fat16", "fat32", "hfs", "hfs+", "linux-swap", "ntfs", "reiserfs", or "xfs". part-type should
be one of "primary", "logical", or "extended".
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 quotes, if necessary.
print Display the partition table.
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 table.
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 volume if necessary.
set partition flag state
Change the state of the flag on partition to state. Supported flags are: "boot", "root",
"swap", "hidden", "raid", "lvm", "lba", "legacy_boot" 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", "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 <[email protected]>
SEE ALSO
fdisk(8), mkfs(8), The parted program is fully documented in the info(1) format GNU partitioning software man‐
ual.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may
be used by others).
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