NAME
apmlabel —
update disk label from Apple
Partition Map
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
apmlabel is used to update a
NetBSD
disk label from the Apple Partition Map found on disks that were previously
used on Mac OS systems (or other APM using systems).
apmlabel scans the APM contained in the first blocks of the
disk and generates additional partition entries for the disk from the entries
found. Driver and patches partitions are ignored.
Each APM entry which does not have an equivalent partition in the disk label
(equivalent in having the same size and offset) is added to the first free
partition slot in the disk label. A free partition slot is defined as one with
an
fstype
of
‘
unused
’ and a
size
of zero (‘0’). If there are not
enough free slots in the disk label, a warning will be issued.
The raw partition (typically partition
c, but
d on i386 and some other platforms) is left alone during
this process.
By default, the proposed changed disk label will be displayed and no disk label
update will occur.
Available options:
-
-
- -f
- Force an update, even if there has been no change.
-
-
- -q
- Performs operations in a quiet fashion.
-
-
- -r
- In conjunction with -w, also update the
on-disk label.
-
-
- -w
- Update the in-core label if it has been changed.
SEE ALSO
disklabel(8),
dkctl(8),
pdisk(8)
HISTORY
The
apmlabel command appeared in
NetBSD
5.0.