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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

       -d     Delete partition mappings

       -l     List partition mappings that would be added -a

       -p     set device name-partition number delimiter

       -g     force GUID partition table (GPT)

       -v     Operate verbosely

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@free.fr> and others.

								     July 2006								 KPARTX(8)