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2 !!!mpartition
3 Name
4 Note of warning
5 Description
6 See Also
7 Viewing the texi doc
8 ----
9 !!Name
10
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12 mpartition - partition an MSDOS hard disk
13 !!Note of warning
14
15
16 This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's
17 texinfo documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or
18 complete. See the end of this man page for
19 details.
20 !!Description
21
22
23 The mpartition command is used to create MS-DOS
24 filesystems as partitions. This is intended to be used on
25 non-Linux systems, i.e. systems where fdisk and easy access
26 to Scsi devices are not available. This command only works
27 on drives whose partition variable is set.
28
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30 mpartition -p ''drive'' mpartition -r
31 ''drive'' mpartition -I [[-B
32 ''bootSector''] ''drive'' mpartition -a
33 ''drive'' mpartition -d ''drive''
34 mpartition -c [[-s ''sectors'']
35 [[-h ''heads''] [[-t ''cylinders'']
36 [[-v [[-T ''type''] [[-b
37 ''begin''] [[-l length]
38 [[-f]
39
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41 Mpartition supports the following operations:
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44 p
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46
47 Prints a command line to recreate the partition for the
48 drive. Nothing is printed if the partition for the drive is
49 not defined, or an inconsistency has been detected. If
50 verbose (-v) is also set, prints the current
51 partition table.
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54 r
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57 Removes the partition described by
58 ''drive''.
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61 I
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64 Initializes the partition table, and removes all
65 partitions.
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68 c
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71 Creates the partition described by
72 ''drive''.
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75 a
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80 d
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85 If no operation is given, the current settings are
86 printed.
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89 For partition creations, the following options are
90 available:
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93 s ''sectors''
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96 The number of sectors per track of the partition (which is
97 also the number of sectors per track for the whole
98 drive).
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101 h ''heads''
102
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104 The number of heads of the partition (which is also the
105 number of heads for the whole drive). By default, the
106 geometry information (number of sectors and heads) is
107 figured out from neighbouring partition table entries, or
108 guessed from the size.
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111 t ''cylinders''
112
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114 The number of cylinders of the partition (not the number of
115 cylinders of the whole drive.
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118 b ''begin''
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121 The starting offset of the partition, expressed in sectors.
122 If begin is not given, mpartition lets the partition begin
123 at the start of the disk (partition number 1), or
124 immediately after the end of the previous
125 partition.
126
127
128 l ''length''
129
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131 The size (length) of the partition, expressed in sectors. If
132 end is not given, mpartition figures out the size from the
133 number of sectors, heads and cylinders. If these are not
134 given either, it gives the partition the biggest possible
135 size, considering disk size and start of the next
136 partition.
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139 The following option is available for all operation which
140 modify the partition table:
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143 f
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146 Usually, before writing back any changes to the partition,
147 mpartition performs certain consistenct checks, such as
148 checking for overlaps and proper alignment of the
149 partitions. If any of these checks fails, the partition
150 table is not changes. The -f allows you to override
151 these safeguards.
152
153
154 The following options are available for all
155 operations:
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158 v
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161 Together with -p prints the partition table as it
162 is now (no change operation), or as it is after it is
163 modified.
164
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166 vv
167
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169 If the verbosity flag is given twice, mpartition will print
170 out a hexdump of the partition table when reading it from
171 and writing it to the device.
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174 The following option is available for partition table
175 initialization:
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178 B ''bootSector''
179
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181 Reads the template master boot record from file
182 ''bootSector''.
183 !!See Also
184
185
186 Mtools' texinfo doc
187 !!Viewing the texi doc
188
189
190 This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's
191 texinfo documentation. However, this process is only
192 approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences,
193 footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process.
194 Indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in
195 the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has been
196 translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise
197 you to use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this
198 manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo
199 doc.
200
201
202 *
203
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205 To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the
206 following commands:
207
208
209 __ ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi
210 __
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212
213 *
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216 To generate a html copy, run:
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219 __ ./configure; make html
220 __A premade html can be found at: `http://mtools.linux.lu' and also at: `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools'
221
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223 *
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226 To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode),
227 run:
228
229
230 __ ./configure; make info
231 __
232
233
234 The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.
235 Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult
236 to read due to the quoting conventions used in
237 info.
238 ----
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