kpartx(8) - Linux man page

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
-f: force creation of mappings; overrides 'no_partitions' feature
-g: force GUID partition table (GPT)
-s: sync mode. Don't return until the partitions are created
-v: Operate verbosely

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.

Referenced By

cfdisk(8), fdisk(8), guestfs(3), sfdisk(8)