.TH "gptsync" 8 "2008 July 24" "Debian" "rEFIt"
.SH NAME
gptsync \- GPT partition table to MBR partition table synchronisation

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gptsync
[\fI\-q\fR] [\fI\-t\fR] \fIdevice\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B gptsync
reads the GPT partition table on \fIdevice\fR and synchronises the legacy
MBR partition table with the GPT partition table. The MBR partition table
can hold only 4 partitions.
.PP
Legacy bootloaders or operating systems that do not support GPT require an
MBR partition table; this is typically the case when using GRUB or LILO on
an Intel-based Apple machine.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-q\fR
Do not print any message, do not prompt to modify the MBR.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
Truncate partitions starting or expending beyond 2 TiB (MBR limitation).
Default is to ignore such partitions.

.SH AUTHOR
\fBgptsync\fR was written by Christoph Pfisterer.

This manual page was written by Junichi Uekawa <dancer@debian.org> and
Julien BLACHE <jblache@debian.org>, for the Debian Project (but may be used
by others).