---
name: "cdist-type__install_partition_msdos"
section: "7"
platform: "linux"
package: "cdist"
version: "7.0.0-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cdist-type__install_partition_msdos"
---

# cdist-type\_\_install\_partition\_msdos(7)

creates msdos partitions

## 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