kpartx - Create device maps from partition tables.

       This man page was assembled By Patrick Caulfield for the Debian project.

       multipath-tools was developed by Christophe Varoqui <christophe.varoqui@opensvc.com> and others.

Linux                                              2019-04-27                                          KPARTX(8)

       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.

       To mount all the partitions in a raw disk image:

              kpartx -av disk.img

       This will output lines such as:

              add map loop1p1 (254:4): 0 409597 linear 7:1 3

       The loop1p1 is the name of a device file under /dev/mapper which you can use to access the partition, for
       example to fsck it:

              fsck /dev/mapper/loop1p1

       When you're done, you need to remove the devices:

              kpartx -d disk.img

       kpartx - Create device maps from partition tables.

-a     Add partition mappings.

       -d     Delete partition mappings.

       -u     Update partition mappings.

       -l     List partition mappings that would be added -a.

       -r     Read-only partition mappings.

       -p     Set device name-partition number delimiter.

       -f     Force creation of mappings; overrides 'no_partitions' feature.

       -g     Force GUID partition table (GPT).

       -s     Sync mode (Default). Don't return until the partitions are created.

       -n     Nosync mode. Return before the partitions are created.

       -v     Operate verbosely.

multipath(8) multipathd(8) hotplug(8)

kpartx [-a|-d|-u|-l] [-r] [-p] [-f] [-g] [-s|-n] [-v] wholedisk