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Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:39 am**

Hi, I'me having issues with the "ADD PARTITION" command. The documentation is extremely scarce.

Partitions for disk 0:

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I've tried a number of things:

ADD PARTITION 0 8 16 11 "Test" /b 4096
disk 0, partition 8 which is first available partition id, 16Mib in size which easily fits, format as FAT32, partition name Test

This gives the error: Partition ID 0x8 not found

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ADD PARTITION 0 6 16 11 "Test" /b 4096
disk 0, partition 6 which is the partition id last on the disk, 16Mib in size which easily fits, format as FAT32, partition name Test

This gives the error: The target partition area must be unused

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ADD PARTITION 0 6 16 11 "Test" /b 4096
disk 0, partition 7 which is the highest existing partition id, 16Mib in size which easily fits, format as FAT32, partition name Test

This gives the error: The target partition area must be unused

So at this point I'm all out of ideas. What am I doing wrong?

The list of file system Id's is not complete in the documentation. Could someone provide me with all valid options?

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:27 pm**

Davy,

Use this to see the Free Space...

LIST HD 0 /f /u /w /t /a=2048

Then...

add partition 0 0x82 8000 7 DATA1 2500 /a=2048

(0x82 is the unallocated free space chosen)
(8000 is partition size)
(7 is NTFS)
(DATA1 is name)
(2500 is FSB, if you omit it you get an Allocate High).
(Use the first number for the file system, not the h number eg Linux Native is 131)

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:36 pm**

Here is a summary I made ages ago...

resize 5 0x01 3500 /a=2048 (3500 is new size)
resize 5 0x01 /a=2048 (full size)

slide 5 0x03 0 /a=2048
slide 5 0x03 /a=2048 (allocate high)

add partition 5 0x80 8000 7 DATA1 2500 /a=2048
add partition 5 0x80 8000 7 DATA1 0 /a=2048
add partition 5 0x80 8000 7 DATA1 /a=2048 (allocate high)

del partition 5 0x01

copy partition 5 0x01 1 0x81 1000 /a=2048
copy partition 5 0x01 1 0x81 0 /a=2048
copy partition 5 0x01 1 0x81 /a=2048 (allocate high)

Posted: **Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:43 pm**

nemesis wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:39 am The list of file system Id's is not complete in the documentation. Could someone provide me with all valid options?

See BootIt, Partition Work, Create, File System.

Posted: **Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:11 am**

Hi Brian,

wow thnx for the detailed write up mate! I'll go through it today and get back to you!

Davy

Posted: **Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:08 am**

[Edit: added the casue of the error and resolution]
As you can see the partition is now being creating, which is great! (had to take a part of the return to keep the size down)

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However, the format fails with: Error 13 occurred during format

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ADD PARTITION 0 0x81 16 11 "Test" /b=4096

----Edit from here----
Cause: Partition size to small to format in FAT32
Resolution: Bigger partition size

Posted: **Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:41 am**

You can change the Partition GUID Type, if needed....

set part type 1 0x04 {DE94BBA4-06D1-4D40-A16A-BFD50179D6AC}

Posted: **Thu Aug 26, 2021 1:24 pm**

Hi Brian,

yeah, I do need to do this. Thank you.

Regards, davy

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