From: jmc Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:05:25 +0000 (+0000) Subject: tweak previous; X-Git-Url: http://artulab.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f941d2b2e496185666c803a6aa5e38011ae866e7;p=openbsd tweak previous; --- diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 index 1caaabdc285..f489a29300f 100644 --- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 +++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.86 2015/10/26 14:37:50 krw Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.87 2015/10/26 18:05:25 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Tobias Weingartner @@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ The GPT partition table, when present, starts at sector 1. Each entry has a type. A type of .Ar 0xA6 -indicates an OpenBSD MBR partition, which starts with its own +indicates an +.Ox +MBR partition, which starts with its own 16-entry partition table known as a .Xr disklabel 5 . This can be edited using @@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ will completely overwrite the primary MBR bootcode and MBR partition table. .Pp If .Fl g -is not specified then the MBR will be overwritten by the +is not specified then the MBR will be overwritten by the default MBR template .Pa /usr/mdec/mbr (or the one optionally specified by the @@ -166,7 +168,8 @@ When called with no special flags, prints the partition table of the specified disk. .Pp If the disk does not contain a valid GPT the contents -of the MBR are displayed. e.g.: +of the MBR are displayed. +For example: .Bd -literal -offset 1n # fdisk sd0 Disk: sd0 geometry: 121601/255/63 [1953525168 Sectors] @@ -218,20 +221,21 @@ These values must be kept correctly synchronized or a variety of problems develop which are very difficult to diagnose. .Pp If the disk contains a protective MBR and a valid GPT, the contents of the GPT -are displayed. e.g.: +are displayed. +For example: .Bd -literal -offset 1n Disk: sd1 ca501b80-5b85-40fd-a00e-abc6ffc5f97c [7907328 Sectors] First usable LBA: 64 Last usable LBA: 7907264 - #: uuid lba size + #: uuid lba size type name --------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1: 415afb62-3f56-43c5-a1b3-9405aace56f9 64 960 - EFI Sys EFI System Area - 3: 6bcc08a8-66a6-43ae-aa1f-9869ab4c8a27 1024 7906241 - OpenBSD OpenBSD Area + 1: 415afb62-3f56-43c5-a1b3-9405aace56f9 64 960 + EFI Sys EFI System Area + 3: 6bcc08a8-66a6-43ae-aa1f-9869ab4c8a27 1024 7906241 + OpenBSD OpenBSD Area .Ed .Pp -This 7907328 sector disk drive is divided into two +This 7907328 sector disk drive is divided into two partitions that span the whole disk. The first partition is a 960 sector EFI Sys partition. the second is a 7906241 sector @@ -244,7 +248,7 @@ Number identifying each partition table entry. .It Em "uuid" The UUID of the partition. .It Em "lba" -The sector the partion starts on. +The sector the partition starts on. .It Em "size" The number of sectors in the partition. .It Em "type" @@ -371,7 +375,7 @@ Not available when editing a GPT. Edit a given table entry in the memory copy of the current boot block. Sizes may be adjusted in BIOS geometry mode (MBR only) or using - sector offsets and sizes. +sector offsets and sizes. A unit .Sq b , .Sq k , @@ -415,7 +419,7 @@ an existing partition to .It Cm swap Ar # Ar # Swap two partition entries. .It Cm print Op Ar unit -Print the currently selected in-memory copy of the +Print the currently selected in-memory copy of the partition table to the terminal. A .Ar unit