NAME

partition − curses interface to disk partitioning

SYNOPSIS

partition [options]

DESCRIPTION

partition enables the user to label disks on your Solbourne computer. 

OPTIONS

−d demo mode.  Ensures disks will not be modified. 

−r currently running on ramdisk. 

−s dev
the following device is being used for swap.  Correct useage is -s /dev/xxn

−c file
specifies where to get information on currently mounted file systems. By default: /etc/mtab.

−f file
specifies where to get information on file systems which could be mounted.  By default: /etc/fstab.  Note: specifying -f file has no effect on where the new fstab gets written. (The new fstab should be specified with the −o option).

−k file
specifies file to override disk information.  By default disk information is obtained using /usr/etc/dkinfo.  This file should provide information formatted in a similar fashion.

−m file
specifies file containing boot information.  By default: /usr/etc/dmesg provides boot information.  When running off of ram disk, use −e file to specify the rom information tree. 

−t file
specifies the partition templates file.  By default: /etc/format.dat.

−e file
specifies file containing rom information.  This option is used instead of the −m file option. 

−n file
write partition names which require newfs to this file.

−o file
write the new fstab to this file.  A filtered /etc/fstab (or whatever -f file overrides this file) is appended to the end of this file.  If file exists, it is moved to file.bak.

USEAGE

ramdisk:
partition -r -s /dev/sd0b -e romfile -t /format.dat -n /newfs.file -o /fstab.new

other:
partition -o /etc/fstab.new

SEE ALSO

format(8)

WARNINGS

Specifying -f file has no effect on where the new fstab gets written. 
This should be specified with -o file.

BUGS

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  1 Aug 1990