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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-10-10 16:49:29 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1999-10-10 16:49:29 +0000 |
commit | 3b772d9fcf9f4ce5b13b1730fe0b04fd232504e3 (patch) | |
tree | 846e14923dccf310e9ed5a767d3f9181c063c0a4 | |
parent | 644adbc50415b5ae96ed29dfa12d1d550ebac5d6 (diff) |
Tweak.
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 index 0893ad7a17b..e4fc2f732ca 100644 --- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 +++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.33 1999/10/09 21:05:57 angelos Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.34 1999/10/10 16:49:28 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.9 1995/03/18 14:54:38 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993 @@ -115,14 +115,15 @@ .Ar disk Ar protofile .Oo Ar disktype Oc .Sh DESCRIPTION +The .Nm -can be used to install, examine, or modify the label on a disk drive or -pack. The disk label is information about disk characteristics (size, -type, etc.) and partition layout of the disk, stored on the disk -itself. It is used by the operating system to optimize disk I/O, and -to locate the filesystems resident on the disk. +utility can be used to install, examine, or modify the label on a disk drive or +pack. The disk label contains information about disk characteristics (size, +type, etc.) and the partition layout, stored on the disk +itself. It is used by the operating system to optimize disk I/O and +locate the filesystems resident on the disk. .Pp -The following options are available: +The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width -indent .It Fl n Make no permanent changes to the disklabel (useful for debugging @@ -134,8 +135,8 @@ Causes the label to be read from or written to the disk directly, rather than going through the system's in-core copy of the label. This option may allow a label to be installed on a disk without kernel support for a label, such as when labels are first installed on a -system. This flag does not work on a number of architecture, thus it is -not considered the right wa to put a new label on a disk. Its use is +system. This flag does not work on a number of architectures, thus it is +not considered the right way to put a new label on a disk. Its use is discouraged. .It Fl B Install bootstrap code. The |