System information

rm minor-num Remove the partition

sel ect device Select a different device to configure

set minor-num flag state Set the flag on a partition; state is either on or off

to gg l e [NUMBER [FLAG] Toggle the state of FLAG on partition NUMBER

uni t UNIT Set the default unit to UNIT

Co mman d Descrip t io n

13.1. Viewing t he Part it ion T able

After starting parted , use the command pri nt to view the partition table. A table similar to the

following appears:

Examp le 13.1. Part it io n t ab le

Model: ATA ST3160812AS (scsi)

Disk /dev/sda: 160GB

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B

Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags

1 32.3kB 107MB 107MB primary ext3 boot

2 107MB 105GB 105GB primary ext3

3 105GB 107GB 2147MB primary linux-swap

4 107GB 160GB 52.9GB extended root

5 107GB 133GB 26.2GB logical ext3

6 133GB 133GB 107MB logical ext3

7 133GB 160GB 26.6GB logical lvm

The first line contains the disk type, manufacturer, model number and interface, and the second

line displays the disk label type. The remaining output below the fourth line shows the partition

table.

In the partition table, the Minor number is the partition number. For example, the partition with minor

number 1 corresponds to /d ev/sd a1. The Start and End values are in megabytes. Valid T ype are

metadata, free, primary, extended, or logical. The Fi lesystem is the file system type, which can be

any of the following:

ext2

ext3

fat16

fat32

hfs

jfs

linux-swap

ntfs

reiserfs

⁠Chapt er 1 3. Part it ions