cdist-type__install_partition_msdos - creates msdos partitions

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

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.

ungleich GmbH 2021 7.0.0 Sep 11, 2024 CDIST-TYPE__INSTALL_PARTITION_MSDOS(7)

This cdist type allows you to create msdos paritions.

# 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

cdist-type__install_partition_msdos - creates msdos partitions

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 +.

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