code: def partition_found(partition, description):
      
      # if we want to have a linux partition (/) we use the full path (startswith "/" would result in / /var /dev etc). 
      # if we start with something else, we use the startswith function
      if "/" in partition:
          use_fullcompare = True            
      else:
          use_fullcompare = False
          
      if use_fullcompare and (partition == description):
          return True
      elif not use_fullcompare and description.startswith(partition):
          return True
      else:
          return False
docs: returns True, if the partition (--partition) is in the description we received from the host