GNU/Linux |
CentOS 5.3 |
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kpartx(8) |
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kpartx − Create device maps from partition tables
kpartx [−a | -d | -l] [−v] wholedisk
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.
−a |
Add partition mappings |
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−d |
Delete partition mappings |
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−l |
List partition mappings that would be added -a |
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−p |
set device name-partition number delimiter |
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−v |
Operate verbosely |
multipath(8) multipathd(8) hotplug(8)
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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