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

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.