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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 index bf8d125a2f2..b1348ad6742 100644 --- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 +++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.38 2002/01/04 21:20:56 kjell Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.39 2003/01/31 21:54:40 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Tobias Weingartner .\" All rights reserved. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Edit existing MBR sectors. .It Fl f Ar mbrname Specifies an alternate MBR template file. .It Fl u -Update MBR code, preserving existing partition table +Update MBR code, preserving existing partition table. .It Xo Fl c Ar cylinders , .Fl h Ar heads , .Fl s Ar sectors @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ If no 166 partition is found, it will use an older partition (with a magic number of 165 or A5 in hex). .It Em "cyl/hd/sec" These fields provide the starting and ending address of the partition -in BIOS geometry +in BIOS geometry. .It Em "start/size" These fields provide the starting sector and size in sectors of the partition in linear block addresses. @@ -171,9 +171,10 @@ equivalent to the DOS command .Dq FDISK /MBR . Note that this option will overwrite the NT disk signature, if present. .Pp -The flag +The .Fl e -is used to modify a partition table using a interactive edit mode of the +flag is used to modify a partition table using an +interactive edit mode of the .Nm program. This mode is designed to allow you to change any partition on the @@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ If it has been modified, the prompt will change to look like: The second piece of information pertains to the number given in the prompt. This number specifies the disk offset of the currently selected boot block you are editing. -This number could be something different that zero when +This number could be something other than zero when you are editing extended partitions. The list of commands and their explanations are given below. .Bl -tag -width "update" |