Module Name: src
Committed By: is
Date: Wed Feb 27 20:43:00 UTC 2013
Modified Files:
src/sbin/mbrlabel: mbrlabel.8
Log Message:
Fix terminology issue brought up by Bug Hunting in PR 47314.
The boot records in extended partitions are called "Extended Boot Record"
(EBR); use that in the documentation where appropriate.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.18 -r1.19 src/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8
diff -u src/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8:1.18 src/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8:1.19
--- src/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8:1.18 Sat Jul 14 20:13:30 2012
+++ src/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8 Wed Feb 27 20:43:00 2013
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
.\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $NetBSD: mbrlabel.8,v 1.18 2012/07/14 20:13:30 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: mbrlabel.8,v 1.19 2013/02/27 20:43:00 is Exp $
.\"
-.Dd July 13, 2012
+.Dd February 27, 2013
.Dt MBRLABEL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
.Nm
is used to update a
.Nx
-disk label from the Master Boot Record (MBR) label(s) found
+disk label from the Master Boot Record (MBR) label and Extended
+Boot Record (EBR) label(s) found
on disks that were previously used on DOS/Windows systems (or
other MBR using systems).
.Pp
@@ -53,11 +54,11 @@ scans the MBR contained in the very firs
block specified through the
.Fl s
flag), then walks through every extended partition found and generates
-additional partition entries for the disk from the MBRs found in
+additional partition entries for the disk from the EBRs found in
those extended partitions.
.Pp
-Each MBR partition which does not have an equivalent partition in the
-disk label (equivalent in having the same size and offset) is added to
+Each MBR and each EBR partition which does not have an equivalent partition
+in the disk label (equivalent in having the same size and offset) is added to
the first free partition slot in the disk label.
A free partition slot is defined as one with an
.Dv fstype
@@ -105,6 +106,11 @@ See also
.Xr dkctl 8 ,
.Xr fdisk 8 ,
.Xr mbr 8
+.Rs
+.%A Tn Microsoft corporation
+.%T "Disk Concepts and Troubleshooting"
+.%R Tn Microsoft technical library
+.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
