KPARTX
Section: Linux Administrator's Manual (8)
Updated: July 2006
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NAME
kpartx - Create device maps from partition tables
SYNOPSIS
kpartx
[-a | -d | -l]
[-v]
wholedisk
DESCRIPTION
This tool, derived from util-linux' partx, reads partition
tables on specified device and create device maps over partitions
segments detected. It is called from hotplug upon device maps
creation and deletion.
OPTIONS
- -a
-
Add partition mappings
- -d
-
Delete partition mappings
- -l
-
List partition mappings that would be added -a
- -p
-
set device name-partition number delimiter
- -g
-
force GUID partition table (GPT)
- -v
-
Operate verbosely
SEE ALSO
multipath(8)
multipathd(8)
hotplug(8)
AUTHORS
This man page was assembled By Patrick Caulfield
for the Debian project. From documentation provided
by the multipath author Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr> and others.