From 461836a4e9db75453045a96f2bafb9ce19b34e68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:00:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: emphasize that part table shown by systemd-dissect is not complete --- man/systemd-dissect.xml | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 @@ switch, and be used as root file system for system service using the RootImage= unit file setting, see system.exec5. + + 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 /usr/ + 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 fdisk8. @@ -246,7 +255,8 @@ system-nspawn1, system.exec5, Discoverable Partitions Specification, - umount8 + umount8, + fdisk8