Package: kpartx Version: 0.4.8+git0.761c66f-9 Severity: minor Here's a patch to add an example to the kpartx(8) manual page.
--- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- --- kpartx/kpartx.8.orig 2011-08-12 13:27:35.190051077 +0100 +++ kpartx/kpartx.8 2011-08-12 13:30:09.743851526 +0100 @@ -34,6 +34,26 @@ .TP .B \-v Operate verbosely +.SH EXAMPLE +To mount all the partitions in a raw disk image: +.IP +kpartx -av disk.img +.PP +This will output lines such as: +.IP +loop3p1 : 0 20964762 /dev/loop3 63 +.PP +The +.I loop3p1 +is the name of a device file under +.I /dev/mapper +which you can use to access the partition, for example to fsck it: +.IP +fsck /dev/mapper/loop3p1 +.PP +When you're done, you need to remove the devices: +.IP +kpartx -d disk.img .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR multipath (8) .BR multipathd (8) --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.2 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages kpartx depends on: ii dmsetup 2:1.02.48-5 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-5 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii udev 164-3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo kpartx recommends no packages. kpartx suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
