SETDISKPARTS(1M)                                              SETDISKPARTS(1M)



NAME
     setDiskParts - sets a disk's partition information

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sysadm/privbin/setDiskParts -d special file -p format string [ -m ]

DESCRIPTION
     setDiskParts changes the partion table in a disk's volume header.

     The setDiskParts privcmd is used by Tasks which need to change partition
     information, since root permission is required to write to the disk's
     volume header.

     This privcmd should not be called directly from the command line. fx
     provides a much more robust user interface for accomplishing the same
     operations.


OPTIONS
     -d special file
          The special file under /dev/rdsk that represents the entire disk.

     -p format string
          A series of N semi-colon separated records, one for each partition.
          Each record is a series of four colon separated fields of the form
          <partition>:<type>:<start>:<number of blocks>

     -m   Overlay the partitions given by the -p argument onto the existing
          data in the volume_header partition table.  If this option is not
          given, then the partition table in the volume header is zero'd out
          before applying the partitions specified by the "-p" argument.


SEE ALSO
     sysmgr(1M), runpriv(1M), fx(1M).




















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