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-rw-r--r--sbin/disklabel/disklabel.812
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
index adec0fe60fe..53149f58333 100644
--- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
+++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.79 2009/03/30 10:40:41 krw Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.80 2009/03/31 00:32:25 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 30 2009 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2009 $
.Dt DISKLABEL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ partitions on the disk.
Note that this option will only work for disks
that are capable of reporting their geometry, such as SCSI, IDE, and ESDI.
.It Fl E
-Use a simple initial label editor, using the command-driven built-in
-editor described below.
+Use the built-in command-driven label editor described below.
.It Fl e
Edit an existing disk label using the editor specified in the
.Ev EDITOR
@@ -257,10 +256,9 @@ When the editor terminates, the formatted label is reread and
used to rewrite the disk label.
Existing bootstrap code is unchanged.
.Pp
-The initial label editor mode
+The built-in label editor
.Pq fourth form
-is only intended for new disks as it will move partitions around as necessary
-to maintain a contiguous pool of free blocks.
+provides a simple interactive label editor.
Some commands or prompts take an optional unit.
Available units are
.Sq b