This sets the bootable flag on partition numbered C<partnum> on
device C<device>. Note that partitions are numbered from 1.
-The bootable flag is used by some PC BIOSes to determine which
-partition to boot from. It is by no means universally recognized,
-and in any case if your operating system installed a boot
-sector on the device itself, then that takes precedence.");
+The bootable flag is used by some operating systems (notably
+Windows) to determine which partition to boot from. It is by
+no means universally recognized.");
("part_set_name", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; String "name"]), 212, [],
[InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
This rescans all block devices and rebuilds the list of LVM
physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes.");
+ ("part_del", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 233, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_del"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
+ "delete a partition",
+ "\
+This command deletes the partition numbered C<partnum> on C<device>.
+
+Note that in the case of MBR partitioning, deleting an
+extended partition also deletes any logical partitions
+it contains.");
+
+ ("part_get_bootable", (RBool "bootable", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 234, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputTrue (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_set_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "true"];
+ ["part_get_bootable"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]])],
+ "return true if a partition is bootable",
+ "\
+This command returns true if the partition C<partnum> on
+C<device> has the bootable flag set.
+
+See also C<guestfs_part_set_bootable>.");
+
+ ("part_get_mbr_id", (RInt "idbyte", [Device "device"; Int "partnum"]), 235, [],
+ [InitEmpty, Always, TestOutputInt (
+ [["part_init"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["part_add"; "/dev/sda"; "primary"; "1"; "-1"];
+ ["part_set_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"; "0x7f"];
+ ["part_get_mbr_id"; "/dev/sda"; "1"]], 0x7f)],
+ "get the MBR type byte (ID byte) from a partition",
+ "\
+Returns the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) from
+the numbered partition C<partnum>.
+
+Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
+You will get undefined results for other partition table
+types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
+
+ ("part_set_mbr_id", (RErr, [Device "device"; Int "partnum"; Int "idbyte"]), 236, [],
+ [], (* tested by part_get_mbr_id *)
+ "set the MBR type byte (ID byte) of a partition",
+ "\
+Sets the MBR type byte (also known as the ID byte) of
+the numbered partition C<partnum> to C<idbyte>. Note
+that the type bytes quoted in most documentation are
+in fact hexadecimal numbers, but usually documented
+without any leading \"0x\" which might be confusing.
+
+Note that only MBR (old DOS-style) partitions have type bytes.
+You will get undefined results for other partition table
+types (see C<guestfs_part_get_parttype>).");
+
+ ("checksum_device", (RString "checksum", [String "csumtype"; Device "device"]), 237, [],
+ [InitISOFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["checksum_device"; "md5"; "/dev/sdd"]],
+ (Digest.to_hex (Digest.file "images/test.iso")))],
+ "compute MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the contents of a device",
+ "\
+This call computes the MD5, SHAx or CRC checksum of the
+contents of the device named C<device>. For the types of
+checksums supported see the C<guestfs_checksum> command.");
+
+ ("lvresize_free", (RErr, [Device "lv"; Int "percent"]), 238, [Optional "lvm2"],
+ [InitNone, Always, TestRun (
+ [["part_disk"; "/dev/sda"; "mbr"];
+ ["pvcreate"; "/dev/sda1"];
+ ["vgcreate"; "VG"; "/dev/sda1"];
+ ["lvcreate"; "LV"; "VG"; "10"];
+ ["lvresize_free"; "/dev/VG/LV"; "100"]])],
+ "expand an LV to fill free space",
+ "\
+This expands an existing logical volume C<lv> so that it fills
+C<pc>% of the remaining free space in the volume group. Commonly
+you would call this with pc = 100 which expands the logical volume
+as much as possible, using all remaining free space in the volume
+group.");
+
]
let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions