Hello Lars, Thank you for the patch. I have submitted it upstream. Once committed, I'll pull it in for the next upload.
Ritesh On 08/12/2011 06:01 PM, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > Package: kpartx > Version: 0.4.8+git0.761c66f-9 > Severity: minor > > Here's a patch to add an example to the kpartx(8) manual page. > > --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- > > --- kpartx/kpartx.8.orig 2011-08-12 13:27:35.190051077 +0100 > +++ kpartx/kpartx.8 2011-08-12 13:30:09.743851526 +0100 > @@ -34,6 +34,26 @@ > .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) > > --- 8< --- 8< --- 8< --- > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 6.0.2 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages kpartx depends on: > ii dmsetup 2:1.02.48-5 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper > use > ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared > lib > ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-5 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper > use > ii udev 164-3 /dev/ and hotplug management > daemo > > kpartx recommends no packages. > > kpartx suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com "Necessity is the mother of invention."
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