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13 partitioning commands: ``partition`` (or ``part`` for short) and
29 Command: part or partition
32 Either of these commands creates a partition on the system and uses the
36    partition [mntpoint]
39 provide mntpoint, Wic creates a partition but does not mount it.
41 The ``mntpoint`` is where the partition is mounted and must be in one of
46 -  ``swap``: The created partition is used as swap space
48 Specifying a mntpoint causes the partition to automatically be mounted.
52 ``--use-uuid`` partition options as part of the command.
62 ``--ondisk`` to force the partition onto the ``sdb`` disk::
67 the ``part`` and ``partition`` commands:
69 -  ``--size``: The minimum partition size. Specify as an integer value
74 -  ``--fixed-size``: The exact partition size. Specify as an integer
78    occurs when assembling the disk image if the partition data is larger
82    source of the data that populates the partition. The most common
88    If you use ``--source rootfs``, Wic creates a partition as large as
92    create the partition is driven by the value of the ``--fstype``
93    option specified for the partition. See the entry on ``--fstype``
96    If you use ``--source plugin-name``, Wic creates a partition as large
97    as needed and fills it with the contents of the partition that is
105    creates an empty partition. Consequently, you must use the ``--size``
106    option to specify the size of the empty partition.
108 -  ``--ondisk`` or ``--ondrive``: Forces the partition to be created
111 -  ``--fstype``: Sets the file system type for the partition. Valid
136    be made on the partition. If the given label is already in use by
137    another filesystem, a new label is created for the partition.
139 -  ``--active``: Marks the partition as active.
145    says to place a partition at exactly the specified offset. If the
146    partition cannot be placed at the specified offset, the image build
153    option reserves space for the partition and causes it to become
154    populated. However, the partition is not added to the partition
162    extra space after the space filled by the content of the partition.
170    multiplies the size of the partition by the option's value. You must
178    specifies the partition type globally unique identifier (GUID) for
179    GPT partitions. You can find the list of partition type GUIDs at
183    Wic to generate a random GUID for the partition. The generated
185    root partition.
188    partition UUID.
197    specifies the partition system ID, which is a one byte long,