February 2004
Intermediate to advanced
383 pages
11h 49m
English
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Name
pdisk
Synopsis
pdisk pdiskdevice{ -diskSize | -isDiskPartitioned | -dump | -blockSize | -initialize } pdiskdevice{ -partitionEntry | -partitionName | -partitionType | -partitionBase | -partitionSize | -deletePartition }part_numpdiskdevice{ -setWritable | -setAutoMount }part_num{ 0 | 1 }pdiskdevice-makeBootablepart_num boot_addr boot_bytes load_addr goto_addrpdiskdevice -createPartitionpart_name part_type part_base part_sizepdiskdevice -splitPartitionpart_num part1_size part2_name part2_typepdiskdevice -getPartitionOfTypepart_type instance_numpdiskdevice -getPartitionWithNamepart_name instance_num
Description
Provides control over Apple partition maps on disk devices in Macintosh systems.
Options/Usage
- -blockSize
Prints the block size of the specified device, in bytes, to standard output.
- -createPartition
Adds a partition to the partition map with the specified name, type (such as
Apple_HFSorApple_UFS), base (i.e., starting block number), and size (in blocks).- -deletePartition
Deletes the specified partition from the partition map.
- -diskSize
Prints the size of the specified device, in megabytes, to standard output.
- -dump
Prints the partition map on the specified device to standard output.
- -getPartitionOfType
Prints the number of a partition with the specified type to standard output. An
instance_numof0refers to the lowest-numbered partition of the specified type,1refers to the second partition of that type, etc.- -getPartitionWithName
Prints the number of a partition ...
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