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authorBrian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com>2013-09-11 12:25:04 -0700
committerPhillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>2014-03-02 19:16:40 -0500
commit6a5b3b5727845af0c5cef35dee3d8e8c69262fdc (patch)
tree1fa0eb10887413deb5fc3511e449a052f494f848 /doc
parent4d0cd271069997e7d44ed3b52426ccf2570048c8 (diff)
downloadparted-6a5b3b5727845af0c5cef35dee3d8e8c69262fdc.tar.gz
libparted: Add UEFI System Partition flag.
This adds support for the ESP partition type on MS-DOS. It also aliases it to the boot flag on GPT which sets the ESP GUID type. * NEWS (New Features): Mention it. * doc/C/parted.8: Document esp flag. * doc/parted.texti: Document esp flag. * include/parted/disk.in.h (_PedPartitionFlag): Add PED_PARTITION_ESP flag * libparted/disk.c (ped_partition_flag_get_name): Add esp flag * libparted/labels/dos.c (DosPartitionData): Likewise (raw_part_parse): Likewise (msdos_partition_new): Likewise (msdos_partition_duplicate): Likewise (msdos_partition_set_system): Likewise (clear_flags): Likewise (msdos_partition_set_flag): Likewise (msdos_partition_get_flag): Likewise (msdos_partition_is_flag_available): Likewise * libparted/labels/gpt.c (gpt_partition_set_flag): Add PED_PARTITION_ESP (gpt_partition_get_flag): Likewise (gpt_partition_is_flag_available): Likewise
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/C/parted.82
-rw-r--r--doc/parted.texi4
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/C/parted.8 b/doc/C/parted.8
index 2f8e9f5..f8e6a3d 100644
--- a/doc/C/parted.8
+++ b/doc/C/parted.8
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ or an LVM logical volume if necessary.
.B set \fIpartition\fP \fIflag\fP \fIstate\fP
Change the state of the \fIflag\fP on \fIpartition\fP to \fIstate\fP.
Supported flags are: "boot", "root", "swap", "hidden", "raid", "lvm", "lba",
-"legacy_boot", "irst" and "palo".
+"legacy_boot", "irst", "esp" and "palo".
\fIstate\fP should be either "on" or "off".
.TP
.B unit \fIunit\fP
diff --git a/doc/parted.texi b/doc/parted.texi
index 4c63fe3..9e00808 100644
--- a/doc/parted.texi
+++ b/doc/parted.texi
@@ -840,6 +840,10 @@ filesystems).
(MS-DOS, GPT) - this flag identifies an Intel Rapid Start Technology
partition.
+@item esp
+(MS-DOS, GPT) - this flag identifies a UEFI System Partition. On GPT
+it is an alias for boot.
+
@item lba
(MS-DOS) - this flag can be enabled to tell MS DOS, MS Windows 9x and
MS Windows ME based operating systems to use Linear (LBA) mode.