nbd-client version 3.27.1 Usage: nbd-client -name|-N name host [port] nbd_device [-block-size|-b block size] [-timeout|-t timeout] [-swap|-s] [-persist|-p] [-nofork|-n] [-systemd-mark|-m] [-i ident|-nonetlink|-L] [-readonly|-R] [-size|-B bytes] [-preinit|-P] Or : nbd-client -u (with same arguments as above) Or : nbd-client nbdX Or : nbd-client -d nbd_device Or : nbd-client -c nbd_device Or : nbd-client -h|--help Or : nbd-client -l|--list host Or : nbd-client -V|--version All commands that connect to a host also take: [-F|-certfile certfile] [-K|-keyfile keyfile] [-A|-cacertfile cacertfile] [-H|-tlshostname hostname] [-x|-enable-tls] [-y|-priority gnutls-priority-string] Default value for blocksize is 512 Allowed values for blocksize are 512,1024,2048,4096 Note, that kernel 2.4.2 and older ones do not work correctly with blocksizes other than 1024 without patches Default value for port is 10809. Note that port must always be numeric Bug reports and general discussion should go to nbd@other.debian.org