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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-02-11 21:50:17 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1997-02-11 21:50:17 +0000
commit5e04debc4b0038a40277cd3f8198955ee51896d3 (patch)
tree3e90798ee577723b8af6590a886161e8392f9f9d /sbin/disklabel
parent4dfce43d4c6ceb728dd78c4b7f3b8d0d8121188c (diff)
document that -B may blow away important bits (on i386 it blows away MBR)
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-rw-r--r--sbin/disklabel/disklabel.86
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
index 3f6d82a2f84..56cd38e5b40 100644
--- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
+++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.2 1996/06/23 14:30:05 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.3 1997/02/11 21:50:16 deraadt Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.9 1995/03/18 14:54:38 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ The boot code comes from
.Pa /usr/mdec/sdboot
and possibly
.Pa /usr/mdec/bootsd .
-On-disk and in-core labels are unchanged.
+On-disk and in-core labels are unchanged, but on some systems other information
+may be destroyed.
+Use with care.
.Pp
.Dl disklabel -w -B /dev/rsd0c -b newboot sd2212
.Pp