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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 index 80037409373..5e1e1a90bea 100644 --- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 +++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.70 2010/05/20 13:29:50 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.71 2010/05/25 18:51:02 deraadt 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 20 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 25 2010 $ .Dt FDISK 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ .Fl s Ar sectors .Oc .Op Fl f Ar mbrfile -.Ar device +.Ar disk .Sh DESCRIPTION On the i386 and other architectures, sector 0 of a bootable hard disk must contain MBR bootcode, the MBR partition table containing 4 slots, @@ -132,11 +132,26 @@ equivalent to the DOS command Note that this option will overwrite the NT disk signature, if present. .It Fl y Avoid asking yes/no questions when not desirable. +.It Ar disk +Specify the +.Ar disk +to operate on. +It can be specified either by its full pathname or an abbreviated disk form. +In its abbreviated form, the path to the device, the +.Sq r +denoting +.Qq raw device , +and the partition letter, can all be omitted. +For example, the first IDE disk can be specified as either +.Pa /dev/rwd0c , +.Pa /dev/wd0c , +or +.Ar wd0 . .El .Sh TYPICAL LAYOUT When called with no special flags, .Nm -prints the MBR partition table of the specified device: +prints the MBR partition table of the specified disk: .Bd -literal -offset 1n # fdisk wd0 Disk: wd0 geometry: 5168/240/63 [78140160 Sectors] |