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authorPeter Breitenlohner2009-07-22 11:29:05 +0200
committerKarel Zak2009-08-17 12:11:11 +0200
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addpart.8: formatting
Signed-off-by: Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>
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addpart \-
simple wrapper around the "add partition" ioctl
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B addpart device partition start length
+.B addpart
+.I device partition start length
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B addpart
is a program that informs the Linux kernel of new partition.
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.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
-.BI device
+.I device
Specify the disk device.
.TP
-.BI partition
+.I partition
Specify the partition number.
.TP
-.BI start
+.I start
Specify the begin of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
.TP
-.BI length
+.I length
Specify the length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).
.SH SEE ALSO