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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-02 00:09:07 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-10-02 00:09:07 +0000
commite1ce3449431c4f9cdc1f6a0a7ddf837320688884 (patch)
tree1fb6283152c0068d046f0ab599cf8e6258d78ee3
parent9b7e464639a0803289ee70689c29fc94dfce88f3 (diff)
document disklabel -n
-rw-r--r--sbin/disklabel/disklabel.814
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
index a4e775f8946..69c471647a0 100644
--- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
+++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.4 1997/05/30 07:48:44 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.5 1997/10/02 00:09:06 millert Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.9 1995/03/18 14:54:38 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993
@@ -46,26 +46,32 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm disklabel
.Op Fl r
+.Op Fl n
.Ar disk
.Nm disklabel
.Fl w
.Op Fl r
+.Op Fl n
.Ar disk Ar disktype
.Oo Ar packid Oc
.Nm disklabel
.Fl e
.Op Fl r
+.Op Fl n
.Ar disk
.Nm disklabel
.Fl R
.Op Fl r
+.Op Fl n
.Ar disk Ar protofile
.Nm disklabel
.Op Fl NW
+.Op Fl n
.Ar disk
.sp
.Nm disklabel
.Fl B
+.Op Fl n
.Oo
.Fl b Ar boot1
.Op Fl s Ar boot2
@@ -75,6 +81,7 @@
.Nm disklabel
.Fl w
.Fl B
+.Op Fl n
.Oo
.Fl b Ar boot1
.Op Fl s Ar boot2
@@ -84,6 +91,7 @@
.Nm disklabel
.Fl R
.Fl B
+.Op Fl n
.Oo
.Fl b Ar boot1
.Op Fl s Ar boot2
@@ -117,6 +125,10 @@ The read and install forms also support the
option to install bootstrap code.
These variants are described later.
.Pp
+In all cases you can specify
+.Fl n
+to operate in no change mode to avoid committing any permanent changes.
+.Pp
The first form of the command (read) is used to examine the label on the named
disk drive (e.g. sd0 or /dev/rsd0c).
It will display all of the parameters associated with the drive