Rex::Commands::Partition - Partition module
With this Module you can partition your harddrive.
Version <= 1.0: All these functions will not be reported.
All these functions are not idempotent.
use Rex::Commands::Partition;
Clear partitions on drive `sda`:
clearpart "sda";
Create a new GPT disk label (partition table) on drive `sda`:
clearpart "sda", initialize => "gpt";
If GPT initialization is requested, the `bios_boot` option (default: TRUE) can also be set to TRUE or FALSE to control creation of a BIOS boot partition:
clearpart "sda", initialize => "gpt", bios_boot => FALSE;
Create a partition with the specified parameters:
The disk to be partitioned. Mandatory.
Desired size of the partition in MB. It is mandatory to pass either a size or a grow parameter (but not both).
size
grow
If TRUE, then the partition will take up all the available space on the disk. It is mandatory to pass either a grow or a size parameter (but not both).
TRUE
Partition type to be passed to parted's mkpart command. Optional, defaults to primary.
parted
mkpart
primary
Sets boot flag on the partition if TRUE. Optional, no boot flag is set by default.
Create a filesystem after creating the partition. Optional, no filesystem is created by default.
Label to be used with the filesystem. Optional, defaults to no label.
If TRUE, try to mount the partition after creating it. Optional, no mount is attempted by default.
If TRUE, try to mount the partition after creating it, and also register it in /etc/fstab. Optional, no mount or /etc/fstab manipulation is attempted by default.
/etc/fstab
Creates an LVM PV, then creates the specifed LVM VG (or extends it, if the VG already exists). Needs ondisk.
ondisk
Examples:
partition "/", fstype => "ext3", size => 15000, ondisk => "sda", type => "primary"; partition "none", type => "extended", ondisk => "sda", grow => 1, mount => TRUE, partition "swap", fstype => "swap", type => "logical", ondisk => "sda", size => 8000; partition "/", fstype => "ext3", size => 10000, ondisk => "sda", vg => "vg0";
To install Rex, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Rex
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Rex
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.