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author | Kenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-03-31 00:32:26 +0000 |
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committer | Kenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-03-31 00:32:26 +0000 |
commit | 2203b6a52fc2a70b8f6ecaf03de94b0cc56bc85a (patch) | |
tree | 54308b5c61ac2205f67c037db1d331e3e5ab7fe1 /sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 | |
parent | 0e69b6f966b9a97a7bfd80ab8e6cf53fc9760996 (diff) |
Remove lies about and tweak descriptions of built-in label editor,
a.k.a. '-E'.
Feedback from otto@ jmc@
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 index adec0fe60fe..53149f58333 100644 --- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 +++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.79 2009/03/30 10:40:41 krw Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.80 2009/03/31 00:32:25 krw Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.9 1995/03/18 14:54:38 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)disklabel.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 30 2009 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2009 $ .Dt DISKLABEL 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ partitions on the disk. Note that this option will only work for disks that are capable of reporting their geometry, such as SCSI, IDE, and ESDI. .It Fl E -Use a simple initial label editor, using the command-driven built-in -editor described below. +Use the built-in command-driven label editor described below. .It Fl e Edit an existing disk label using the editor specified in the .Ev EDITOR @@ -257,10 +256,9 @@ When the editor terminates, the formatted label is reread and used to rewrite the disk label. Existing bootstrap code is unchanged. .Pp -The initial label editor mode +The built-in label editor .Pq fourth form -is only intended for new disks as it will move partitions around as necessary -to maintain a contiguous pool of free blocks. +provides a simple interactive label editor. Some commands or prompts take an optional unit. Available units are .Sq b |