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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Virtual disk to create and partition Post 302419783 by Guccio on Saturday 8th of May 2010 04:54:32 PM
Old 05-08-2010
Virtual disk to create and partition

I have to do this exercise:
  • Create a virtual disk
  • Partition this disk
  • Create File system
  • Mount File System
I'm using Minix (which runs by Qemu as guest machine) on Linux (Host)

Is there anybody who knows how to solve first three point? Smilie
Thanks
 

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vpartition(5)							File Formats Manual						     vpartition(5)

NAME
vpartition - display information about the Virtual Partition Command Line Interface DESCRIPTION
This manpage gives a listing and brief description of the commands that are used to manage virtual partitions. | Command | Description --------------+---------------------------------------------------------- vecheck | Check for virtual partition environment. | vparadmin | Modify virtual partition flexible administrative | capability related attributes. | vparboot | Boot (start) a virtual partition. | vparcreate | Create a new virtual partition. | vpardump | Manage monitor dump files. | vparefiutil | Update EFI device paths of bootable disks in the | | vparenv | Set vPars or nPars mode, ILM or CLM granularity in | system firmware, or display current values of these | settings. Itanium-based platforms only. | vparextract | Extract memory images from a running virtual partition | system. | vparmodify | Modify an existing virtual partition. | vparreloc | Relocate the load address of a vmunix file, determine | if a vmunix file is relocatable, or promote the scope of | symbols in a relocatable vmunix file. | PA-RISC platforms only. | vparremove | Remove (delete) an existing virtual partition. | vparreset | Send a hard reset (TOC) to a virtual partition. | vparresources | Description of virtual partition resources and | their requirements. | vparstatus | Display virtual partition and available resources | information. | vparutil | Get and set SCSI parameters for disk devices from | a virtual partition. PA-RISC platforms only. AUTHOR
was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company. SEE ALSO
vparadmin(1M), vparboot(1M), vparconfig(1M), vparcreate(1M), vpardump(1M), vparefiutil(1M), vparenv(1M), vparextract(1M), vparmodify(1M), vparreloc(1M), vparremove(1M), vparreset(1M), vparstatus(1M), vparutil(1M), vparresources(5), vpmon(5). vpartition(5)
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