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authorKenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org>2009-03-28 13:54:16 +0000
committerKenneth R Westerback <krw@cvs.openbsd.org>2009-03-28 13:54:16 +0000
commit66861965f35521c7dc812cf28aa00fb5095bd4cd (patch)
tree1a22733c459a39f2bf9db3a4cf5b1b18ba1af2a6 /sbin/disklabel
parentc0cf9d17552de11ed4224c20cc62d1b47682f2f3 (diff)
As Tobias Ulmer pointed out on tech@, Tahoe behaviour no longer is
of concern so BUGS need not mention it. The other BUGS are also now irrelevant or not bugs at all. So delete entire BUGS section. Also tweak a bit of verbiage. ok deraadt@
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/disklabel')
-rw-r--r--sbin/disklabel/disklabel.831
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
index eb44e8b0b4e..c73a3c53ae7 100644
--- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
+++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.74 2009/03/23 16:36:38 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.75 2009/03/28 13:54:15 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 23 2009 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 28 2009 $
.Dt DISKLABEL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -625,11 +625,8 @@ option to
can still be used to install old style boot code,
but this usage is deprecated.
.Pp
-On some machines, such as the sparc, partition tables
-may not exhibit the full functionality that is described above.
-.Pp
.Nm
-only supports up to a maximum of 15 partitions,
+supports 15 configurable partitions,
.Sq a
through
.Sq p ,
@@ -647,22 +644,6 @@ but all other letters can be used in any order for any other
partitions as desired.
.Pp
The maximum disk and partition size is 64PB.
-.Sh BUGS
-When a disk name is given without a full pathname, the constructed
-device name uses the
-.Sq a
-partition on the tahoe, the
-.Sq c
-partition on all others.
-In
-.Fl E
-mode,
-.Nm
-is far too quick to shuffle partitions around; it should keep a
-free block list and only move partitions around with the user's
-permission.
-Also, in
-.Fl E
-mode, partitions outside the
-.Ox
-portion of the disk should be changeable.
+.Pp
+On some machines, such as the sparc, partition tables
+may not exhibit the full functionality that is described above.