13.58. cdist-type__install_partition_msdos(7)¶
13.58.1. NAME¶
cdist-type__install_partition_msdos - creates msdos partitions
13.58.2. DESCRIPTION¶
This cdist type allows you to create msdos paritions.
13.58.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶
- type
- the partition type used in fdisk (such as 82 or 83) or "extended"
13.58.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶
- 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 +.
13.58.5. EXAMPLES¶
# 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 +
13.58.6. AUTHORS¶
Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
13.58.7. COPYING¶
Copyright (C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.