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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-10-10 16:49:29 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-10-10 16:49:29 +0000
commit3b772d9fcf9f4ce5b13b1730fe0b04fd232504e3 (patch)
tree846e14923dccf310e9ed5a767d3f9181c063c0a4
parent644adbc50415b5ae96ed29dfa12d1d550ebac5d6 (diff)
Tweak.
-rw-r--r--sbin/disklabel/disklabel.819
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