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author | Kenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-03-31 11:33:48 +0000 |
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committer | Kenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-03-31 11:33:48 +0000 |
commit | 2f48c8a3a7d36cf340f3d920a9bf26049dd3211d (patch) | |
tree | c32cd608c341b3f02f8812febd57c59e50c5cfe7 /sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 | |
parent | 27fa11aa3624d5595c2b159fcfbe0e2f4b35ed37 (diff) |
Beef up description of 'c' partition in CAVEATS and remove mentions of
'c' from descriptions of d(elete) and z(ero) commands.
Feedback from jmc@
Slightly different version ok jmc@ deraadt@
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 | 13 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 index 53149f58333..c82afad3476 100644 --- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 +++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.80 2009/03/31 00:32:25 krw Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.81 2009/03/31 11:33:47 krw Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.9 1995/03/18 14:54:38 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993 @@ -339,9 +339,6 @@ Delete an existing partition (or .Ql * to delete all partitions). If no partition is specified, the user will be prompted for one. -The -.Ql c -partition cannot be deleted. .It Cm e Edit drive parameters. This option is used to set the following parameters: @@ -426,9 +423,7 @@ By default, some settings are reserved for experts only .It Cm x Exit the editor without saving any changes to the label. .It Cm z -Zeroes out the existing partition table, leaving only the -.Sq c -partition. +Zero out the existing partition table and mountpoint information. The drive parameters are not changed. .El .Pp @@ -629,7 +624,9 @@ excluding .Sq c . The .Sq c -partition is reserved for the entire physical disk. +partition describes the entire physical disk, is automatically created +by the kernel, and cannot be modified or deleted by +.Nm . By convention, the .Sq a partition of the boot disk is the root partition, and the |