CGPT

NAME

cgpt - Utility to manipulate GPT partitions with Chromium OS extensions

SYNOPSIS

cgpt COMMAND [OPTIONS] DRIVE

DESCRIPTION

Cgpt is a tool to manipulate a GUID Partition Table from the command line. Although several other utilities exist for the same basic purpose - some with more features and a captive user interface - cgpt is unique in that it also supports Chromium OS extensions. These extensions are not generally useful; they are specific to the u-boot firmware found on some Chromebooks. They may be used to change priority for kernel partitions and give other hints to u-boot Chromebook firmware. Use this utility only to manipulate a partition table for compatible Chromebooks.

COMMANDS

Each action performed by this program - with the notable exception of the -h OPTION - is initiated by a command which tells cgpt the type of operation to perform. All available commands are described below.

	create		Create or reset GPT headers and tables.
	add		Add, edit, or remove a partition entry.
	show		Show the partition table and entries.
	repair		Repair damaged GPT headers and tables.
	boot		Edit the PMBR sector for legacy BIOSes.

If no BOOT OPTIONS are specified, this command will just print the PMBR boot GUID.

find

Find a partition by its GUID.

If no DRIVE is specified, this command will scan all physical drives for a match.

prioritize

Reorder the priority of all ChromeOS kernel partitions.

If no options are specified, this command will set the lowest active kernel to priority 1 while maintaining the original order.

legacy

Switch between GPT and Legacy GPT.

GENERAL OPTIONS

The options described in this section apply to every COMMAND supported by this program.

-h

For more detailed usage, use cgpt COMMAND -h

EXAMPLES

The following examples demonstrate valid syntax only. It is up to you to interpret them based on the documentation in this manual.

cgpt show /dev/mmcblk0
cgpt create /dev/mmcblk0
cgpt add -i 2 -S 1 -T 15 -P 15 /dev/mmcblk0
cgpt add -i 1 -t data -l "STATE" /dev/mmcblk0
cgpt add -i 2 -t kernel -l "KERN-A" /dev/mmcblk0
cgpt add -i 3 -t rootfs -l "ROOT-A" /dev/mmcblk0

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Karl Lenz <xorangekiller@gmail.com> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

COPYRIGHT

Cgpt is copyright 2010-2013, The Chromium OS Authors
This manual page is copyright 2014, Karl Lenz

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

Cgpt is provided "as is" with no warranty. The exact terms under which you may use and (re)distribute this program are detailed in the BSD 3-Clause License, which is distributed with this program in the LICENSE file. On Debian systems, the complete text of the BSD 3-Clause License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD.

SEE ALSO

parted(8), gdisk(8), gptsync(8)