1.\" $NetBSD: apmlabel.8,v 1.3 2007/06/25 00:41:50 rumble Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (C) 1998 Wolfgang Solfrank. 4.\" Copyright (C) 1998 TooLs GmbH. 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 16.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 17.\" This product includes software developed by TooLs GmbH. 18.\" 4. The name of TooLs GmbH may not be used to endorse or promote products 19.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 20.\" 21.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY TOOLS GMBH ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 23.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 24.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL TOOLS GMBH BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, 25.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 26.\" PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; 27.\" OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 28.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR 29.\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF 30.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.Dd May 19, 2007 33.Dt APMLABEL 8 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm apmlabel 37.Nd update disk label from Apple Partition Map 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.Nm 40.Op Fl fqrw 41.Ar device 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43.Nm 44is used to update a 45.Nx 46disk label from the Apple Partition Map found 47on disks that were previously used on Mac OS systems (or 48other APM using systems). 49.Pp 50.Nm 51scans the APM contained in the first blocks of the disk and generates 52additional partition entries for the disk from the entries found. 53Driver and patches partitions are ignored. 54.Pp 55Each APM entry which does not have an equivalent partition in the 56disk label (equivalent in having the same size and offset) is added to 57the first free partition slot in the disk label. 58A free partition slot is defined as one with an 59.Dv fstype 60of 61.Sq Li unused 62and a 63.Dv size 64of zero 65.Pq Sq 0 . 66If there are not enough free slots in the disk label, a warning 67will be issued. 68.Pp 69The raw partition (typically partition 70.Em c , 71but 72.Em d 73on i386 and some other platforms) is left alone during this process. 74.Pp 75By default, the proposed changed disk label will be displayed and no 76disk label update will occur. 77.Pp 78Available options: 79.Pp 80.Bl -tag -width sX 81.It Fl f 82Force an update, even if there has been no change. 83.It Fl q 84Performs operations in a quiet fashion. 85.It Fl r 86In conjunction with 87.Fl w , 88also update the on-disk label. 89.It Fl w 90Update the in-core label if it has been changed. 91.El 92.Sh SEE ALSO 93.Xr disklabel 8 , 94.Xr dkctl 8 , 95.Xr pdisk 8 96.Sh HISTORY 97The 98.Nm 99command appeared in 100.Nx 5.0 . 101