3 repartition \- load a partition table
5 \fBrepartition\fP \fIdevice\fP [\fIpartition-file\fP]
8 uploads a new partition table for the partitions of
10 The table is obtained from the first sector of
16 may refer to the whole drive or a primary partition, depending on whether you
17 want to upload a partition or a subpartition table. The partitions will be
18 truncated to fit within the enclosing device like the disk driver does,
19 unless the numbers are coming from
24 repartition /dev/hd4 /etc/hd4.table
26 Reload the partition table of drive 0 setting /dev/hd[1\-4], and the
27 subpartition table of /dev/hd4 setting /dev/hd4[a\-d] using a file.
28 The latter may be useful if you need more than the 4 subpartitions a
29 single MINIX 3 partition gives you.
31 The new table is printed on standard output.
38 The disk must be in use for the changes to stick. The partition table of
39 an idle disk will be reloaded on the first open.
41 Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)