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diff --git a/mpartition.1 b/mpartition.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1796fc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/mpartition.1 @@ -0,0 +1,184 @@ +'\" t +.TH mpartition 1 "09Jan13" mtools-4.0.18 +.SH Name +mpartition - partition an MSDOS hard disk +'\" t +.de TQ +.br +.ns +.TP \\$1 +.. + +.tr \(is' +.tr \(if` +.tr \(pd" + +.SH Note\ of\ warning +This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo +documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the +end of this man page for details. +.PP +.SH Description +.PP +The \fR\&\f(CWmpartition\fR command is used to create MS-DOS file systems as +partitions. This is intended to be used on non-Linux systems, +i.e. systems where fdisk and easy access to SCSI devices are not +available. This command only works on drives whose partition variable +is set. +.PP +.ft I +.nf +\&\fR\&\f(CWmpartition\fR \fR\&\f(CW-p\fR \fIdrive\fR +\&\fR\&\f(CWmpartition\fR \fR\&\f(CW-r\fR \fIdrive\fR +\&\fR\&\f(CWmpartition\fR \fR\&\f(CW-I\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-B\fR \fIbootSector\fR] \fIdrive\fR +\&\fR\&\f(CWmpartition\fR \fR\&\f(CW-a\fR \fIdrive\fR +\&\fR\&\f(CWmpartition\fR \fR\&\f(CW-d\fR \fIdrive\fR +\&\fR\&\f(CWmpartition\fR \fR\&\f(CW-c\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-s\fR \fIsectors\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-h\fR \fIheads\fR] +[\fR\&\f(CW-t\fR \fIcylinders\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-v\fR [\fR\&\f(CW-T\fR \fItype\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-b\fR +\&\fIbegin\fR] [\fR\&\f(CW-l\fR length] [\fR\&\f(CW-f\fR] +\&\& +.fi +.ft R + +.PP +Mpartition supports the following operations: +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWp\fR\ +Prints a command line to recreate the partition for the drive. Nothing +is printed if the partition for the drive is not defined, or an +inconsistency has been detected. If verbose (\fR\&\f(CW-v\fR) is also set, +prints the current partition table. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWr\fR\ +Removes the partition described by \fIdrive\fR. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWI\fR\ +Initializes the partition table, and removes all partitions. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWc\fR\ +Creates the partition described by \fIdrive\fR. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWa\fR\ +"Activates" the partition, i.e. makes it bootable. Only one partition +can be bootable at a time. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWd\fR\ +"Deactivates" the partition, i.e. makes it unbootable. +.PP +If no operation is given, the current settings are printed. +.PP +For partition creations, the following options are available: +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWs\ \fIsectors\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ +The number of sectors per track of the partition (which is also the +number of sectors per track for the whole drive). +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWh\ \fIheads\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ +The number of heads of the partition (which is also the number of heads +for the whole drive). By default, the geometry information (number of +sectors and heads) is figured out from neighboring partition table +entries, or guessed from the size. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWt\ \fIcylinders\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ +The number of cylinders of the partition (not the number of cylinders of +the whole drive. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWb\ \fIbegin\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ +The starting offset of the partition, expressed in sectors. If begin is +not given, mpartition lets the partition begin at the start of the disk +(partition number 1), or immediately after the end of the previous +partition. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWl\ \fIlength\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ +The size (length) of the partition, expressed in sectors. If end is not +given, mpartition figures out the size from the number of sectors, heads +and cylinders. If these are not given either, it gives the partition +the biggest possible size, considering disk size and start of the next +partition. +.PP +The following option is available for all operation which modify the +partition table: +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWf\fR\ +Usually, before writing back any changes to the partition, mpartition +performs certain consistency checks, such as checking for overlaps and +proper alignment of the partitions. If any of these checks fails, the +partition table is not changes. The \fR\&\f(CW-f\fR allows you to override +these safeguards. +.PP +The following options are available for all operations: +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWv\fR\ +Together with \fR\&\f(CW-p\fR prints the partition table as it is now (no +change operation), or as it is after it is modified. +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWvv\fR\ +If the verbosity flag is given twice, mpartition will print out a +hexdump of the partition table when reading it from and writing it to +the device. +.PP +The following option is available for partition table initialization: +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWB\ \fIbootSector\fR\&\f(CW\fR\ +Reads the template master boot record from file \fIbootSector\fR. +.PP +.SH See\ Also +Mtools' texinfo doc +.SH Viewing\ the\ texi\ doc +This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo +documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some +items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this +translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate +representation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has +been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to +use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for +instructions how to view the texinfo doc. +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following +commands: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a html copy, run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make html +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fRA premade html can be found at +\&\fR\&\f(CW\(ifhttp://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html\(is\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make info +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fR +.PP +The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in +the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the +quoting conventions used in info. +.PP |