cdist-type__install_partition_msdos(7)
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Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>


NAME
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cdist-type__install_partition_msdos - creates msdos partitions


DESCRIPTION
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This cdist type allows you to create msdos paritions.


REQUIRED PARAMETERS
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type::
   the partition type used in fdisk (such as 82 or 83) or "extended"


OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
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partition::
   defaults to object_id
bootable::
   mark partition as bootable, true or false, defaults to false
size::
   the size of the partition (such as 32M or 15G, whole numbers
   only), '+' for remaining space, or 'n%' for percentage of remaining
   (these should only be used after all specific partition sizes are
   specified). Defaults to +.


EXAMPLES
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# 128MB, linux, bootable
__install_partition_msdos /dev/sda1 --type 83 --size 128M --bootable true
# 512MB, swap
__install_partition_msdos /dev/sda2 --type 82 --size 512M
# 100GB, extended
__install_partition_msdos /dev/sda3 --type extended --size 100G
# 10GB, linux
__install_partition_msdos /dev/sda5 --type 83 --size 10G
# 50% of the free space of the extended partition, linux
__install_partition_msdos /dev/sda6 --type 83 --size 50%
# rest of the extended partition, linux
__install_partition_msdos /dev/sda7 --type 83 --size +
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SEE ALSO
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- cdist-type(7)


COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).