The bareon.utils.partition Module

bareon.utils.partition.get_uuid(device)

bareon.utils.partition.info(dev)

bareon.utils.partition.make_label(dev, label='gpt')

Creates partition label on a device.

Parameters:

• dev – A device file, e.g. /dev/sda.
• label – Partition label type ‘gpt’ or ‘msdos’. Optional.

Returns:

None

bareon.utils.partition.make_partition(dev, begin, end, ptype)

bareon.utils.partition.parse_partition_info(parted_output)

bareon.utils.partition.remove_partition(dev, num)

bareon.utils.partition.reread_partitions(dev, out='Device or resource busy', timeout=60)

bareon.utils.partition.set_gpt_type(dev, num, type_guid)

Sets guid on a partition.

Parameters:

• dev – A device file, e.g. /dev/sda.
• num – Partition number
• type_guid – Partition type guid. Must be one of those listed

on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table. This method does not check whether type_guid is valid or not.

Returns:None

bareon.utils.partition.set_partition_flag(dev, num, flag, state='on')

Sets flag on a partition

Parameters:

• dev – A device file, e.g. /dev/sda.
• num – Partition number
• flag – Flag name. Must be one of ‘bios_grub’, ‘legacy_boot’,

‘boot’, ‘raid’, ‘lvm’ :param state: Desiable flag state. ‘on’ or ‘off’. Default is ‘on’.

Returns:None

bareon.utils.partition.wipe(dev)