kpartx - Create device maps from partition tables
kpartx [-a | -d | -l] [-v] wholedisk
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.
| -a | Add partition mappings |
| -d | Delete partition mappings |
| -l | List partition mappings that would be added -a |
| -p | set device name-partition number delimiter |
| -v | Operate verbosely |
multipath(8) multipathd(8) hotplug(8)
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.