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| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 | 37 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 index 8224acb53e1..e7a6713eaf3 100644 --- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 +++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.126 2018/08/26 22:06:50 krw Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.127 2018/08/27 13:09:51 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: August 26 2018 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 27 2018 $ .Dt DISKLABEL 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ The optional argument is a pack identification string, up to 16 characters long. The pack ID must be quoted if it contains blanks. The existing label will be updated via the in-core -copy and any bootstrap code will be unaffected. +copy. .Pp In the third form of the command .Pq edit , @@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ environment variable, is used. When the editor terminates, the formatted label is reread and used to rewrite the disk label. -Existing bootstrap code is unchanged. .Pp The built-in label editor .Pq fourth form @@ -456,7 +455,6 @@ as that produced when reading or editing a label. Comments are delimited by .Ar # and newline. -Any existing bootstrap code will be unaffected. .Pp Note that when a disk has no real .Bx @@ -575,19 +573,16 @@ Create a label for sd0 based on information for .Dq sd2212 found in .Pa /etc/disktab . -Any existing bootstrap code will be clobbered. .Pp .Dl # disklabel -w /dev/rsd0c sd2212 foo .Pp Read the on-disk label from a disk with DUID 3eb7f9da875cb9ee, edit it and reinstall in-core as well as on-disk. -Existing bootstrap code is unaffected. .Pp .Dl # disklabel -E 3eb7f9da875cb9ee .Pp Restore the on-disk and in-core label for sd0 from information in .Pa mylabel . -Existing bootstrap code is unaffected. .Pp .Dl # disklabel -R sd0 mylabel .Sh DIAGNOSTICS @@ -604,34 +599,10 @@ the first one creating at least one other partition, and the second setting the label on the new partition while shrinking the .Sq a partition. -.Pp -On some machines the bootstrap code may not fit entirely in the -area allocated for it by some filesystems. -As a result, it may -not be possible to have filesystems on some partitions of a -.Dq bootable -disk. -When installing bootstrap code, -.Nm -checks for these cases. -If the installed boot code would overlap a partition of type -.Dv FS_UNUSED -it is marked as type -.Dv FS_BOOT . -The -.Xr newfs 8 -utility will disallow creation of filesystems on -.Dv FS_BOOT -partitions. -Conversely, if a partition has a type other than -.Dv FS_UNUSED -or -.Dv FS_BOOT , -.Nm -will not install bootstrap code that overlaps it. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr disklabel 5 , .Xr disktab 5 , +.Xr installboot 8 , .Xr scan_ffs 8 .Sh CAVEATS The maximum disk and partition size is 64PB. |