42 lines
1.2 KiB
Groff
42 lines
1.2 KiB
Groff
.TH REPARTITION 8
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.SH NAME
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repartition \- load a partition table
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBrepartition\fP \fIdevice\fP [\fIpartition-file\fP]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Repartition
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uploads a new partition table for the partitions of
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.IR device .
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The table is obtained from the first sector of
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.I partition-file
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if given,
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.I device
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otherwise.
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.I Device
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may refer to the whole drive or a primary partition, depending on whether you
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want to upload a partition or a subpartition table. The partitions will be
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truncated to fit within the enclosing device like the disk driver does,
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unless the numbers are coming from
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.IR partition-file .
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.SH EXAMPLES
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repartition /dev/hd0
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.br
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repartition /dev/hd4 /etc/hd4.table
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.PP
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Reload the partition table of drive 0 setting /dev/hd[1\-4], and the
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subpartition table of /dev/hd4 setting /dev/hd4[a\-d] using a file.
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The latter may be useful if you need more than the 4 subpartitions a
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single Minix partition gives you.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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The new table is printed on standard output.
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.SH FILES
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/dev/hd[0-9]
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR hd (4),
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.BR part (8).
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.SH BUGS
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The disk must be in use for the changes to stick. The partition table of
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an idle disk will be reloaded on the first open.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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