Module Name: src
Committed By: sevan
Date: Sun Sep 11 03:35:08 UTC 2016
Modified Files:
src/sbin/fdisk: fdisk.8
Log Message:
- Document the HISTORY of fdisk based on the original post to comp.unix.bsd by
Julian Elischer [1] and the Mach 2.5 Installation notes [2].
I was unable to pin point the exact version of Mach the fdisk utility appeared
as I didn't find documentation older than version 2.5 & no source code or repo
history. fdisk utility appears as a separate utility[3] in v2.5. Due to this,
I've avoided stating the exact version fdisk first appeared in Mach.
- Make correction pointed by textproc/igor
- Bump date
[1]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/comp.unix.bsd/14-Dec-89$20Robert$20Baron$20(rvb)$20at$20Carnegie-Mellon$20University%7Csort:relevance/comp.unix.bsd/Hhi45vAHxDg
[2] ftp://ftp.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/doc/misc/mach-i386-doc/i386_install.ps
[3] ftp://ftp.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/doc/misc/mach-i386-doc/i386_manpages.ps
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.85 -r1.86 src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.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/fdisk/fdisk.8
diff -u src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.85 src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.86
--- src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8:1.85 Fri Apr 4 13:07:30 2014
+++ src/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 Sun Sep 11 03:35:08 2016
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.85 2014/04/04 13:07:30 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.86 2016/09/11 03:35:08 sevan Exp $
.\"
-.Dd April 3, 2014
+.Dd September 11, 2016
.Dt FDISK 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ is specified and
is not specified, then the offset is set to the alignment.
If
.Fl A
-isn't specified, then the alignment of the first partition is inspected.
+is not specified, then the alignment of the first partition is inspected.
If it ends on a 2048 sector boundary, then the alignment is set to 2048,
if the start is a power of 2 less than, or equal to 2048 then the offset
is set to the start sector.
-If the first partition isn't defined then the alignment and offset for disks
+If the first partition is not defined then the alignment and offset for disks
larger than 128GB is set to 2048 (1MB).
In all other cases the alignment default to a cylinder
and the offset to a track (both using the BIOS geometry).
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ machines.
Specify logical partition
.Ar number
to be printed or updated.
-If the specified logical partition doesn't exist on updating partition data
+If the specified logical partition does not exist on updating partition data
an additional logical partition will be created.
.It Fl F
Indicate that
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ If
is specified for any partition
.Nm
will determine whether the installed boot code supports the bootselect code,
-if it doesn't you will be asked whether you want to install the required
+if it does not you will be asked whether you want to install the required
boot code.
To remove a
.Em bootmenu
@@ -652,6 +652,21 @@ partition using whole disk without promp
.Xr installboot 8 ,
.Xr mbr 8 ,
.Xr mbrlabel 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+A version of
+.Nm
+first appeared in the Mach Operating System.
+It was subsequently ported to
+.Bx 386 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+.Nm
+for Mach Operating System was written by
+.An Robert Baron Aq Mt [email protected] .
+It was ported to
+.Bx 386
+by
+.An Julian Elischer Aq Mt [email protected] .
.Sh BUGS
The word
.Sq partition
