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diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk/validators.py b/archinstall/lib/disk/validators.py
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+def valid_parted_position(pos :str):
+	if not len(pos):
+		return False
+
+	if pos.isdigit():
+		return True
+
+	if pos[-1] == '%' and pos[:-1].isdigit():
+		return True
+
+	if pos[-3:].lower() in ['mib', 'kib', 'b', 'tib'] and pos[:-3].replace(".", "", 1).isdigit():
+		return True
+
+	if pos[-2:].lower() in ['kb', 'mb', 'gb', 'tb'] and pos[:-2].replace(".", "", 1).isdigit():
+		return True
+
+	return False
+
+def valid_fs_type(fstype :str) -> bool:
+	# https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/html_node/mkpart.html
+	# Above link doesn't agree with `man parted` /mkpart documentation:
+	"""
+		fs-type can
+		be  one  of  "btrfs",  "ext2",
+		"ext3",    "ext4",    "fat16",
+		"fat32",    "hfs",     "hfs+",
+		"linux-swap",  "ntfs",  "reis‐
+		erfs", "udf", or "xfs".
+	"""
+
+	return fstype.lower() in [
+		"btrfs",
+		"ext2",
+		"ext3", "ext4", # `man parted` allows these
+		"fat16", "fat32",
+		"hfs", "hfs+", # "hfsx", not included in `man parted`
+		"linux-swap",
+		"ntfs",
+		"reiserfs",
+		"udf", # "ufs", not included in `man parted`
+		"xfs", # `man parted` allows this
+	]
+\ No newline at end of file