Mac OS X Panther in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

pdisk

Synopsis

pdisk
pdisk device { -diskSize | -isDiskPartitioned | -dump | -blockSize |
-initialize }
pdisk device { -partitionEntry | -partitionName | -partitionType | 
-partitionBase | -partitionSize | -deletePartition } part_num
pdisk device { -setWritable | -setAutoMount } part_num { 0 | 1 }
pdisk device -makeBootable part_num boot_addr boot_bytes load_addr goto_addr
pdisk device -createPartition part_name part_type part_base part_size
pdisk device -splitPartition part_num part1_size part2_name part2_type
pdisk device -getPartitionOfType part_type instance_num
pdisk device -getPartitionWithName part_name instance_num
                  

Provides control over Apple partition maps on disk devices in Macintosh systems.

Options

-blockSize

Print the block size of the specified device, in bytes, to standard output.

-createPartition

Add a partition to the partition map with the specified name, type (such as Apple_HFS or Apple_UFS), base (i.e., starting block number), and size (in blocks).

-deletePartition

Delete the specified partition from the partition map.

-diskSize

Print the size of the specified device, in megabytes, to standard output.

-dump

Print the partition map on the specified device to standard output.

-getPartitionOfType

Print the number of a partition with the specified type to standard output. An instance_num of 0 refers the lowest-numbered partition of the specified type, 1 refers to the second partition of that type, etc.

-getPartitionWithName

Print the number of a partition with the ...