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KPARTX   (8) manpage
KPARTX
8
February 2004
Linux Administrator's Manual
  • NAME
      kpartx - Create device maps from partition tables
  • SYNOPSIS
      kpartx | -d | -l ]
  • 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
      -v
      Operate verbosely
  • SEE ALSO
  • 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.
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