Module Name: src
Committed By: tsutsui
Date: Sat Nov 28 16:45:20 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/sbin/fdisk: fdisk.8
Log Message:
Clarify description of -f and -u options.
(-u means updating partition data, not interactive mode)
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.63 -r1.64 src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
diff -u src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.63 src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.64
--- src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.63 Wed Oct 14 22:00:55 2009
+++ src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 Sat Nov 28 16:45:20 2009
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.63 2009/10/14 22:00:55 joerg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.64 2009/11/28 16:45:20 tsutsui Exp $
.\"
-.Dd August 10, 2009
+.Dd November 28, 2009
.Dt FDISK 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl 0
-Update partition slot 0.
+Specify partition slot 0 to be printed or updated.
.It Fl 1
-Update partition slot 1.
+Specify partition slot 1 to be printed or updated.
.It Fl 2
-Update partition slot 2.
+Specify partition slot 2 to be printed or updated.
.It Fl 3
-Update partition slot 3.
+Specify partition slot 3 to be printed or updated.
.It Fl a
Change the active partition.
In interactive mode this question will be asked after the partitions
@@ -200,10 +200,11 @@
on an i386 machine, and leave the bootcode empty for other
machines.
.It Fl E Ar number
-Update extended partition
-.Ar number .
-If the specified extended partition doesn't exist an additional extended
-partition will be created.
+Specify extended partition
+.Ar number
+to be printed or updated.
+If the specified extended partition doesn't exist on updating partition data
+an additional extended partition will be created.
.It Fl f
Run
.Nm
@@ -224,16 +225,9 @@
.Ar head ,
and
.Ar sector
-fields.
+fields
+.Pq only Ar start No and Ar size No can be specified by Fl s No option .
They will be automatically computed using the BIOS geometry.
-.Pp
-If
-.Fl u
-and
-.Fl s
-are specified then the details of the specified partition will be changed.
-Any other partitions which overlap the requested part of the disk will be
-silently deleted.
.It Fl F
Indicate that
.Ar device
@@ -274,14 +268,7 @@
and optionally
.Ar bootmenu .
This flag requires the use of a partition selection flag
-.Po
-.Fl 0 ,
-.Fl 1 ,
-.Fl 2 ,
-.Fl 3 ,
-or
-.Fl E Ar number
-.Pc
+.Pq Fl 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , No or Fl E Ar number .
.It Fl S
When used with no other flags print a series of
.Pa /bin/sh
@@ -300,7 +287,15 @@
instead of the disklabel on
.Ar device .
.It Fl u
-Display the partitions and interactively ask which one you want to edit.
+Update partition data, including
+.Em id , start , No and Em size .
+Unless
+.Fl f
+option
+.Pq non-interactive mode
+is specified,
+.Nm
+will display the partitions and interactively ask which one you want to edit.
.Nm
will step through each field showing the old value and asking for a new one.
The
@@ -316,8 +311,25 @@
.Em $
in which case the partition will extend to the end of the available free space.
.Pp
+In a non-interactive mode
+.Pq specified by Fl f No option ,
+partition data should be specified by
+.Fl s
+option.
+A partition selection option
+.Pq Fl 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , No or Fl E Ar number
+should also be specified to select a partition slot to be updated.
+.Pp
.Nm
will not allow you to create partitions which overlap.
+If
+.Fl u
+and
+.Fl s
+are specified in a non-interactive mode
+then the details of the specified partition will be changed.
+Any other partitions which overlap the requested part of the disk will be
+silently deleted.
.Pp
If
.Em bootmenu
