.TH KPARTX 8 "July 2006" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
.SH NAME
kpartx \- Create device maps from partition tables
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B kpartx
.RB [\| \-a\ \c
.BR |\ -d\ |\ -l \|]
.RB [\| \-v \|]
.RB wholedisk
.SH 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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-a
Add partition mappings
.TP
.B \-d
Delete partition mappings
.TP
.B \-l
List partition mappings that would be added -a
.TP
.B \-p
set device name-partition number delimiter
.TP
.B \-g
force GUID partition table (GPT)
.TP
.B \-v
Operate verbosely
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR multipath (8)
.BR multipathd (8)
.BR hotplug (8)
.SH "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.