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[src/trunk]: src/sbin/mbrlabel Fix terminology issue brought up by Bug Huntin...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/aec57b758979
branches:  trunk
changeset: 785154:aec57b758979
user:      is <is%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Wed Feb 27 20:43:00 2013 +0000

description:
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.

diffstat:

 sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8 |  18 ++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diffs (52 lines):

diff -r fa8c6dc73b96 -r aec57b758979 sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8
--- a/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8  Wed Feb 27 20:12:44 2013 +0000
+++ b/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8  Wed Feb 27 20:43:00 2013 +0000
@@ -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 @@
 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 @@
 .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



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