NAME

       cdist-type__install_partition_msdos - creates msdos partitions

DESCRIPTION

       This cdist type allows you to create msdos paritions.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

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

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       device the device we're working on. Defaults to the string prefix of --partition

       minor  the partition number we're working on. Defaults to the numeric suffix of --partition

       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

          # 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 +
          # nvm device partition 2
          __install_partition_msdos /dev/nvme0n1p2 --device /dev/nvme0n1 --minor 2 --type 83 --size 128M --bootable true

AUTHORS

       Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2011-2017 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.

COPYRIGHT

       ungleich GmbH 2021

7.0.0                                             Sep 11, 2024            CDIST-TYPE__INSTALL_PARTITION_MSDOS(7)