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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-09-17 18:00:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2020-09-19 21:19:56 +0200 |
| commit | 461836a4e9db75453045a96f2bafb9ce19b34e68 (patch) | |
| tree | bb68bdaa47227cc4547ff3e7e937744fd0dd92b4 /man/systemd-dissect.xml | |
| parent | dissect-image: process /usr/ GPT partition type (diff) | |
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man: emphasize that part table shown by systemd-dissect is not complete
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diff --git a/man/systemd-dissect.xml b/man/systemd-dissect.xml index 55e7076b43..a2e77281c8 100644 --- a/man/systemd-dissect.xml +++ b/man/systemd-dissect.xml @@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ <option>--image=</option> switch, and be used as root file system for system service using the <varname>RootImage=</varname> unit file setting, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>system.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> + + <para>Note that the partition table shown when invoked without command switch (as listed below) does not + necessarily show all partitions included in the image, but just the partitions that are understood and + considered part of an OS disk image. Specifically, partitions of unknown types are ignored, as well as + duplicate partitions (i.e. more than one per partition type), as are root and <filename>/usr/</filename> + partitions of architectures not compatible with the local system. In other words: this tool will display + what it operates with when mounting the image. To display the complete list of partitions use a tool such + as <citerefentry + project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fdisk</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -246,7 +255,8 @@ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>system-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>system.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <ulink url="https://systemd.io/DISCOVERABLE_PARTITIONS">Discoverable Partitions Specification</ulink>, - <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>umount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>umount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>fdisk</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> |