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authorKenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org>2009-03-31 11:33:48 +0000
committerKenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org>2009-03-31 11:33:48 +0000
commit2f48c8a3a7d36cf340f3d920a9bf26049dd3211d (patch)
treec32cd608c341b3f02f8812febd57c59e50c5cfe7 /sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
parent27fa11aa3624d5595c2b159fcfbe0e2f4b35ed37 (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@
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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