10-21-2011
Thanks for the information.
Consider the below scenario.
partition 1 : 50g
partition 2 : 30g
partition 3 : 30g
Partition 2 will have disk blocks between partition 1 and 3, hence, if we remove this partition then we can create again only a partition of size 30g or lower, we cannot extend this to use the remaining 50g as that is after partition 3.
But if we delete partition 3, then things are contiguous and we can create a larger partition also.
This is how I perceive the situation, hope this helps.
Regards,
Vishal
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kpartx
KPARTX(8) Linux Administrator's Manual KPARTX(8)
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
-r Read-only partition mappings
-d Delete partition mappings
-u Update 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)
-v Operate verbosely
-s Sync mode. Don't return until the partitions are created
EXAMPLE
To mount all the partitions in a raw disk image:
kpartx -av disk.img
This will output lines such as:
loop3p1 : 0 20964762 /dev/loop3 63
The loop3p1 is the name of a device file under /dev/mapper which you can use to access the partition, for example to fsck it:
fsck /dev/mapper/loop3p1
When you're done, you need to remove the devices:
kpartx -d disk.img
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@opensvc.com> and others.
July 2006 KPARTX(8)