clearpart($drive)

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;

partition($mountpoint, %option)

Create a partition with the specified parameters:

ondisk

The disk to be partitioned. Mandatory.

size

Desired size of the partition in MB. It is mandatory to pass either a "size" or a "grow" parameter (but not both).

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).

type

Partition type to be passed to "parted"'s "mkpart" command. Optional, defaults to "primary".

boot

Sets boot flag on the partition if "TRUE". Optional, no boot flag is set by default.

fstype

Create a filesystem after creating the partition. Optional, no filesystem is created by default.

label

Label to be used with the filesystem. Optional, defaults to no label.

mount

If "TRUE", try to mount the partition after creating it. Optional, no mount is attempted by default.

mount_persistent

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.

vg

Creates an LVM PV, then creates the specified LVM VG (or extends it, if the VG already exists). Needs "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";