From: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks: Lars Wirzenius Closes: 637538 Signed-off-by: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kpartx/kpartx.8 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/kpartx/kpartx.8 b/kpartx/kpartx.8 index 5d73d31..795a2e0 100644 --- a/kpartx/kpartx.8 +++ b/kpartx/kpartx.8 @@ -34,6 +34,26 @@ force GUID partition table (GPT) .TP .B \-v Operate verbosely +.SH EXAMPLE +To mount all the partitions in a raw disk image: +.IP +kpartx -av disk.img +.PP +This will output lines such as: +.IP +loop3p1 : 0 20964762 /dev/loop3 63 +.PP +The +.I loop3p1 +is the name of a device file under +.I /dev/mapper +which you can use to access the partition, for example to fsck it: +.IP +fsck /dev/mapper/loop3p1 +.PP +When you're done, you need to remove the devices: +.IP +kpartx -d disk.img .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR multipath (8) .BR multipathd (8) -- 1.7.5.4 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
