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2017-03-26cleanup fdisk(8) partition names used by FAT file systems so they are moreIgor Sobrado
consistent and easier to identify, as outlined here: - FAT12: FAT12 (01h) - FAT16: FAT16S (04h), FAT16B (06h), FAT16L (0Eh) - FAT32: FAT32 (0Bh), FAT32L (0Ch) nothing in our tree is looking to the strings being replaced for anything but printing them out, only to the numerical ids taken from disklabel.h ok krw@, jmc@
2016-09-03no more boot_zaurus.8;Jason McIntyre
2016-02-23A disk name of /dev/wd0c doesn't work. Correct verbiage and example.Kenneth R Westerback
Discovered by rpe@. Tweaked by schwarze@. ok rpe@ schwarze@ jmc@ deraadt@
2016-01-09Revamp the display of GPT information, hiding less importantKenneth R Westerback
information under the '-v' flag. This brings the GPT display more into line with the MBR display and simplifies and hardens the parsing of the partition info in the install scripts. Original problem with install scripts parsing hand edited GPT information reported by Valere Monseur via bugs@. Man page fixes and tweaks from jmc@. Install script changes tested & ok rpe@.
2015-12-11there are no boot_ pages for armish or landisk that i can see,Jason McIntyre
so remove their references; while here undo a predefined string (as mandoc_char(7) calls them);
2015-12-11Add '-v' flag that forces the display of both GPT's and the MBR.Kenneth R Westerback
Useful for seeing exactly what is currently on the disk. Suggested by a request from kettenis@. Man page & usage ok jmc@
2015-11-17note that -chs and -l are mutually exclusive;Jason McIntyre
from jan stary
2015-10-26tweak previous;Jason McIntyre
2015-10-26Flesh out GPT info and tweak other verbiage to be less MBR specific.Kenneth R Westerback
2015-10-05Tweak man page to describe newly enhanced '-g' operation.Kenneth R Westerback
2015-09-09In the flag command description, mention that a bootable partitionTheo de Raadt
is marked with '*' due to comments from sthen and kettenis
2015-09-09remove 3 paragraphs of useless information at the start, and replaceTheo de Raadt
with the simple facts a user needs. ok kettenis krw
2015-09-06correct a mistake in my previous commit;Jason McIntyre
2015-09-04shuffle -b into place; while there, do some general tidy upJason McIntyre
of SYNOPSIS and usage();
2015-09-04Add a -b option, to be used together with -i, that tells fdisk to add aMark Kettenis
special boot partition on architectures that need it. For now those architectures are amd64 and i386, where this option will create an EFI system partition to store our new UEFI bootloader. ok deraadt@, krw@
2015-03-16Document that -i/-u are mutually exclusive and clean up the relatedKenneth R Westerback
code a bit. ok deraadt@ igor@ (with suggested tweak that is coming)
2015-03-14Switch all the license blocks to the standard OpenBSD/ISC license.Kenneth R Westerback
With the permission of Toby. ok deraadt@
2015-01-03Add support for creating a protective MBR for GPT.Joel Sing
Part of a diff by Markus Mueller, which was derived from Bitrig during Google Summer of Code, with further tweaks by me. ok krw@ miod@
2014-03-06tweak previous;Jason McIntyre
2014-03-02-l disksize code, to force LBA mode. code by chris, after I suggestedTheo de Raadt
wrapping rows of echo's via fdisk was silly. ok kettenis krw
2010-12-03disklabel now uses "duid", not "uid";Jason McIntyre
2010-11-22Update example disk partition info to more current reality. NoticedKenneth R Westerback
by and diff from Roberth via tech@. ok jmc@
2010-07-05improve description for -i; as a consequence of recent changes,Igor Sobrado
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@
2010-05-25match usage to the manual page, and borrow the description of 'disk'Theo de Raadt
from disklabel(8), since it describes the effect of using opendev()
2010-05-20document the optional arg to "flag", as requested by Thomas Pfaff;Jason McIntyre
this version after some feedback from krw and otto; ok otto krw
2010-03-27remainer->remainder; from miodJason McIntyre
2010-03-27various improvements from Anders Langworthy, with some tweaksJason McIntyre
from krw and myself; ok deraadt krw
2009-03-30some improvements inspired by a mail on misc@ from frantisek holop:Jason McIntyre
- clarify the terms geometry sectors field and start field - change the fdisk prompt from 0 to 1, and explain its meaning - temper CAVEATS: the note is "common practice", not mandatory from nick and myself
2008-05-13fix an error in the example partition table; from Adam PattersonJason McIntyre
ok nick
2008-02-18adjust width of S column to improve printing of the MBR partition tableIgor Sobrado
on modern disk geometries; while here, better alignment of column labels ok jmc@, jsing@, krw@, and otto@
2007-12-30sort flags in both synopsis and usage, file not commited in last diffIgor Sobrado
ok jmc@
2007-11-26fix SEE ALSO; from deraadtJason McIntyre
2007-11-25tweak previous;Jason McIntyre
2007-11-25document MBR spoofing, very minimallyTheo de Raadt
2007-08-01cats went awayTheo de Raadt
2007-05-31convert to new .Dd format;Jason McIntyre
2007-01-12make the description match synopsis for -chs;Jason McIntyre
discussed with nick
2007-01-11avoid an ugly grammar construction;Jason McIntyre
2007-01-11make the description of -e point to the COMMAND MODE section;Jason McIntyre
2007-01-11Move options into DESCRIPTION section. This conforms with mostRay Lai
other man pages, where the options are near the top of the page for easy access. OK jmc@.
2006-11-09desireable -> desirable;Jason McIntyre
2006-11-08add a -y flag, for non-interactive useTheo de Raadt
2006-10-20OpenBSD no longer supports using an older FreeBSD MBR partition.David Hill
ok krw@
2006-08-05Mention that `b', `k', `m', and `g' can be specified after the printRay Lai
command to print partition sizes in units of bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes. Inspired by patch from Hiren Patel <hiren at obsidian dot co dot za>. OK jmc@ and otto@
2005-05-01- better synopsisJason McIntyre
- sync usage() - add fstab(5) to SEE ALSO - NOTES -> CAVEATS and improve bits ok deraadt@ improvements and ok tom@
2005-04-30correctly use whole disk, pointed out by tobyTheo de Raadt
2005-04-30various fixes;Jason McIntyre
2005-04-30match disklabel changeTheo de Raadt
2005-04-30make this useable to people busy installingTheo de Raadt
2005-03-29Allow setting of partition flag with an optional explicit value. PR 4143.Otto Moerbeek
ok weingart@ deraadr@