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

       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 +

SEE ALSO

       •   cdist-type(7)

COPYING

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

AUTHOR

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

                                            04/07/2016                     CDIST-TYPE__INSTALL(7)