getrawpartition(3) [netbsd man page]

GETRAWPARTITION(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					GETRAWPARTITION(3)

NAME

     getrawpartition -- get the system ``raw'' partition

LIBRARY

     System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <util.h>

     int
     getrawpartition(void);

DESCRIPTION

     getrawpartition() returns the partition number ( 'a' == 0, 'b' == 1, ...) of the ``raw'' partition of the system's disks, or -1 in case of an
     error, setting the global errno variable.	The possible values for errno are the same as in sysctl(3).  The ``raw'' partition is defined as
     the partition which provides access to the entire disk, regardless of the disk's partition map.

SEE ALSO

     getmaxpartitions(3), sysctl(3)

HISTORY

     The getrawpartition() function call appeared in NetBSD 1.2.

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								    May 4, 2010 							       BSD

APMLABEL(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					       APMLABEL(8)

NAME

     apmlabel -- update disk label from Apple Partition Map

SYNOPSIS

     apmlabel [-fqrw] device

DESCRIPTION

     apmlabel is used to update a NetBSD disk label from the Apple Partition Map found on disks that were previously used on Mac OS systems (or
     other APM using systems).

     apmlabel scans the APM contained in the first blocks of the disk and generates additional partition entries for the disk from the entries
     found.  Driver and patches partitions are ignored.

     Each APM entry which does not have an equivalent partition in the disk label (equivalent in having the same size and offset) is added to the
     first free partition slot in the disk label.  A free partition slot is defined as one with an fstype of 'unused' and a size of zero ('0').
     If there are not enough free slots in the disk label, a warning will be issued.

     The raw partition (typically partition c, but d on i386 and some other platforms) is left alone during this process.

     By default, the proposed changed disk label will be displayed and no disk label update will occur.

     Available options:

     -f  Force an update, even if there has been no change.

     -q  Performs operations in a quiet fashion.

     -r  In conjunction with -w, also update the on-disk label.

     -w  Update the in-core label if it has been changed.

SEE ALSO

     disklabel(8), dkctl(8), pdisk(8)

HISTORY

     The apmlabel command appeared in NetBSD 5.0.

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								   May 19, 2007 							       BSD