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NAME
       addpart - tell the kernel about the existence of a partition

SYNOPSIS
       addpart device partition start length

DESCRIPTION
       addpart tells the Linux kernel about the existence of the specified
       partition. The command is a simple wrapper around the "add partition"
       ioctl.

       This command doesn’t manipulate partitions on a block device.

PARAMETERS
       device
	   The disk device.

       partition
	   The partition number.

       start
	   The beginning of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).

       length
	   The length of the partition (in 512-byte sectors).

       -h, --help
	   Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
	   Display version and exit.

SEE ALSO
       delpart(8), fdisk(8), parted(8), partprobe(8), partx(8)

REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports, use the issue tracker
       <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY
       The addpart command is part of the util-linux package which can be
       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.41.2		  2025-09-22			    ADDPART(8)