PICOTOOL-PARTITION-CREATE(1)

📦 version 2.2.0-a4, in ubuntu stonking

🌸 NAME 🌸

picotool-partition-create — bestie, this is the one that creates a partition table from json. That's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

This page lives in the User Commands part of the picotool manual, so pour yourself a lil drink and let's get into it 🧚

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

picotool partition create [--quiet] [--verbose] <infile> <outfile> [-t
<type>] [[-o <offset>] [--family <family_id>]] [<bootloader>] [-t
<type>] [--singleton] [[--abs-block] [<abs_block_loc>]]

okay so you're calling picotool partition create and then feeding her a whole lil platter of options. Iconic. Read on, queen 👑

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --quiet — she's on mute bestie. Don't print any output. Not a single crumb of text. 🤫
  • --verbose — the opposite vibe entirely: Print verbose output. She will read you her whole diary. 📖✨
  • <infile> — your partition table JSON. This is the source of truth, the blueprint, the moment. 💾
  • --singleton — Partition Table Options. That's her whole deal, that's what she brings to the table 🎀

Then there's output file, and:

  • <outfile> — The file name. Like, the name of the file. Where it goes. 🫶
  • -t <type> — Specify file type (uf2 | elf | bin) explicitly, ignoring fileextension. So if your file's extension is lying to you (rude), you just say the type straight up and she believes you, not the filename. no cap 💅

🌈 UF2 output options

  • -o, --offset — Specify the load address for UF2 file output. Cute lil custom placement, very much main character energy ✨
  • <offset> — Load offset (memory address; default 0x10000000). Yes, 0x10000000 is the default, remember it, it's lowkey important 🧠
  • --family — Specify the family if for UF2 file output — yes, the manpage literally says "if", we are quoting her verbatim, we don't fix what we love 🙈💜
  • <family_id> — family ID for UF2 (default absolute) 😌

🦋 Embed partition table into bootloader ELF

  • <bootloader> — The file name. Same energy as before, bestie: it's a filename, and it's yours 🌸
  • -t <type> — Specify file type (elf) explicitly, ignoring file extension. Note she's only claiming elf in this section, unlike the three-type version up top — keep 'em straight, iykyk 👑

💀 Errata RP2350-E10 Fix

  • --abs-block — Enforce support for an absolute block. Enforcement era. She is not asking, she is telling 🚨
  • <abs_block_loc> — absolute block location (default to 0x10ffff00). That's 0x10ffff00, and if you don't hand her one she'll pick that herself, periodt 💅
⚠️ Heads up bestie: this last trio is tucked under the Errata RP2350-E10 Fix banner, so it's specifically about that hardware fix — don't sprinkle it on just anything and expect a party 🎀

🫶 Sign-off

That's the whole page, and honestly? She ate. This comes to you from the picotool 2.2.0-a4+dfsg era, dated December 2025 — so when someone asks where you learned all this, you say December 2025, picotool 2.2.0-a4+dfsg, and you say it with your chest 💖✨👑

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