Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks, Second 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
               

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_HFS or Apple_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_num of 0 refers to the lowest-numbered partition of the specified type, 1 refers to the second partition of that type, etc.

-getPartitionWithName

Prints the number of a partition ...