CDIST-TYPE__INSTALL(7)

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.