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author | Igor Sobrado <sobrado@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2010-07-05 21:57:14 +0000 |
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committer | Igor Sobrado <sobrado@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2010-07-05 21:57:14 +0000 |
commit | 0663a4737a4e7ae57ba0218fb2d60afe51c07aa9 (patch) | |
tree | c531e358dc93988e85b7fdd6ffc7850f0d6406a7 /sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 | |
parent | 2e87b7ee142639249253c1fba9d51d0101953496 (diff) |
improve description for -i; as a consequence of recent changes,
OpenBSD MBR partition does not span from sector 1 after MBR partition
data is re-initialized.
written with lot of good advice from deraadt@ and jmc@
ok deraadt@
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 index 5e1e1a90bea..5ebfd3b4d7b 100644 --- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 +++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.71 2010/05/25 18:51:02 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.72 2010/07/05 21:57:13 sobrado Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Tobias Weingartner .\" All rights reserved. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 25 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 5 2010 $ .Dt FDISK 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ using the default MBR template flag). In the default template, MBR partition number 3 will be configured as an .Ox -MBR partition spanning from cylinder 0, head 1, sector 1, and extending -to the end of the disk. +MBR partition spanning the entire disk, except for a zone left at the start +for booting. This mode is designed to initialize the MBR the very first time. .It Fl u Update MBR bootcode, preserving existing MBR partition table. |