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From 22a2fd360f5f0f8e7e522712a6187b1c6ac74ba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Gareth Randall <gareth.randall@virgin.net>
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 10:07:42 -0700
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Subject: [PATCH 43/53] docs: Improve partition description in parted.texi
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(cherry picked from commit e27ac8ff6706f67817f68246311899bd920b9c88)
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---
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doc/parted.texi | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
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1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/doc/parted.texi b/doc/parted.texi
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index 1b9c084..414179d 100644
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--- a/doc/parted.texi
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+++ b/doc/parted.texi
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@@ -291,12 +291,38 @@ or you want to modify a root or boot partition, use GParted Live:
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@section Introduction to Partitioning
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@cindex partitioning overview
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-Unfortunately, partitioning your disk is rather complicated. This is
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-because there are interactions between many different systems that need
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-to be taken into consideration.
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+Partitioning is the process of dividing a storage device into local
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+sections, called partitions, which help organize multiple filesystems
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+and their associated operating systems.
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+
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+A storage device presents itself as a sequence of bytes, numbered
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+starting from zero and increasing until the maximum capacity of the
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+device is reached. Bytes are normally read and written a sector at a
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+time, rather than individually. Each sector contains a fixed number
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+of bytes, with the number determined by the device.
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+
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+@example
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++------------------------------------------------------------+
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+| storage device with no partitions |
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++------------------------------------------------------------+
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+0 start end
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+@end example
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+
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+In order to store multiple filesystems, a storage device can be divided
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+up in to multiple partitions. Each partition can be thought of as an
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+area which contains a real filesystem inside of it. To show where these
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+partitions are on the device a small table is written at the start,
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+shown as PT in the diagram below. This table is called a partition
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+table, or disklabel, and also stores the type of each partition and
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+some flags.
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+
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+@example
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++--+---------------+----------------+------------------------+
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+|PT| Partition 1 | Partition 2 | Partition 3 |
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++--+---------------+----------------+------------------------+
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+0 start end
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+@end example
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-This manual used to introduce the reader to these systems and their
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-working. This content has moved to the GNU Storage Guide.
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@node Running Parted
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@section Using GNU Parted
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--
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2.7.4
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