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[src/trunk]: src/sbin/fdisk Minor punctuation fixes, improve and sort SYNOPSI...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/417217babab1
branches: trunk
changeset: 753695:417217babab1
user: wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Wed Apr 07 09:40:58 2010 +0000
description:
Minor punctuation fixes, improve and sort SYNOPSIS, sort flag descriptions.
>From Bug Hunting in PR 43130.
diffstat:
sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
diffs (223 lines):
diff -r 933194b89c15 -r 417217babab1 sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
--- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 Wed Apr 07 08:56:49 2010 +0000
+++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 Wed Apr 07 09:40:58 2010 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.69 2009/12/23 20:56:18 dsl Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.70 2010/04/07 09:40:58 wiz Exp $
.\"
-.Dd December 23, 2009
+.Dd April 6, 2010
.Dt FDISK 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
.Nd MS-DOS partition maintenance program
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl afiuvBFS
+.Op Fl aBFfiSuv
.Bk -words
-.Op Fl 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | E Ar number
+.Oo
+.Fl 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | E Ar number
+.Op Fl s Ar id/start/size Ns Bq Ar /bootmenu
+.Oc
.Ek
.Bk -words
-.Op Fl t Ar disktab
-.Ek
-.Bk -words
-.Op Fl T Ar disktype
+.Op Fl r Ar file | Fl w Ar file
.Ek
.Bk -words
.Op Fl A Ar ptn_alignment Ns Bq Ar /ptn_0_offset
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
.Op Fl b Ar cylinders/heads/sectors
.Ek
.Bk -words
-.Op Fl s Ar id/start/size Ns Bq Ar /bootmenu
-.Ek
-.Bk -words
.Op Fl c Ar bootcode
.Ek
.Bk -words
-.Op Fl r|w Ar file
+.Op Fl T Ar disktype
+.Ek
+.Bk -words
+.Op Fl t Ar disktab
.Ek
.Bk -words
.Op Ar device
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
The standard MBR boot code will only boot the
.Sq active
partition.
-However
+However,
.Nx
contains additional boot programs which allow the user to
interactively select which of the partitions to boot.
@@ -162,10 +162,6 @@
Specify partition slot 2 to be printed or updated.
.It Fl 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
-have been processed.
.It Fl A Ar ptn_alignment Ns Bq Ar /ptn_0_offset
Specify the alignment for all partitions and optionally the offset for the
first partition of the disk and of extended partitions.
@@ -185,6 +181,16 @@
In all other cases the alignment default to a cylinder
and the offset to a track (both using the BIOS geometry).
The 1MB alignment is the same as that used by recent windows versions.
+.It Fl a
+Change the active partition.
+In interactive mode this question will be asked after the partitions
+have been processed.
+.It Fl B
+On an i386 or amd64 system, interactively update the boot selector settings.
+(The boot selector permits the user to interactively select the boot
+partition, and thus which operating system is run, at system boot time; see
+.Xr mbr 8
+for more information.)
.It Fl b Ar cylinders/heads/sectors
Specify the BIOS geometry parameters for
.Ar cylinders ,
@@ -199,13 +205,6 @@
information.
If that fails then either the geometry from the disklabel or 63 sectors and
16 heads is used.
-.It Fl B
-On an i386 or amd64 system, interactively update the boot selector settings.
-(The boot selector permits the user to interactively select the boot
-partition, and thus which operating system is run, at system boot time.
-See
-.Xr mbr 8
-for more information.)
.It Fl c Ar bootcode
Specify the filename that
.Nm
@@ -229,6 +228,25 @@
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
+Indicate that
+.Ar device
+is a regular file.
+Unless the geometry of
+.Ar device
+is told to
+.Nm
+by
+.Fl T Ar disktype ,
+.Nm
+will count the 512-byte sectors in
+.Ar device
+and produce a fake geometry.
+If
+.Ar device
+is a regular file,
+.Fl F
+will be used implicitly.
.It Fl f
Run
.Nm
@@ -252,25 +270,6 @@
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.
-.It Fl F
-Indicate that
-.Ar device
-is a regular file.
-Unless the geometry of
-.Ar device
-is told to
-.Nm
-by
-.Fl T Ar disktype ,
-.Nm
-will count the 512-byte sectors in
-.Ar device
-and produce a fake geometry.
-If
-.Ar device
-is a regular file,
-.Fl F
-will be used implicitly.
.It Fl i
Explicitly request initialisation of the master boot code
(similar to what
@@ -289,6 +288,11 @@
instead of the specified disk.
The geometry information used is still that of the disk volume.
Any changes are written back to the file.
+.It Fl S
+When used with no other flags print a series of
+.Pa /bin/sh
+commands for setting variables to the partition information.
+This could be used by installation scripts.
.It Fl s Ar id/start/size Ns Bq Ar /bootmenu
Specify the partition
.Ar id ,
@@ -298,11 +302,11 @@
.Ar bootmenu .
This flag requires the use of a partition selection flag
.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
-commands for setting variables to the partition information.
-This could be used by installation scripts.
+.It Fl T Ar disktype
+Use the disklabel
+.Ar disktype
+instead of the disklabel on
+.Ar device .
.It Fl t Ar disktab
Read
.Ar disktype
@@ -310,11 +314,6 @@
.Xr disktab 5
file instead of from
.Pa /etc/disktab .
-.It Fl T Ar disktype
-Use the disklabel
-.Ar disktype
-instead of the disklabel on
-.Ar device .
.It Fl u
Update partition data, including
.Em id , start , No and Em size .
@@ -427,7 +426,7 @@
First active partition: 0
.Ed
.Pp
-This example disk is divided into four partitions the last of which is
+This example disk is divided into four partitions, the last of which is
an extended partition.
The sub-partitions of the extended partition are also shown.
In this case there is no free space in either the disk or in the extended
@@ -522,7 +521,7 @@
attempts to check whether each partition is bootable,
by checking the magic number and some other characteristics
of the first sector of each partition (the PBR).
-If the partition does not apear to be bootable,
+If the partition does not appear to be bootable,
.Nm
will print a line containing
.Dq "PBR is not bootable"
@@ -567,7 +566,7 @@
geometry of the drive.
The default values should be correct for the system on which
.Nm
-is run, however if you move the disk to a different system the
+is run; however, if you move the disk to a different system, the
BIOS of that system might use a different geometry translation.
.Pp
If you run the equivalent of
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