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.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
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.\" Symmetric Computer Systems.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgment:
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.\" @(#)disklabel.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd March 15, 2003
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.Dt BSDLABEL 8
mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call.
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bsdlabel
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.Nd read and write disk pack label
.Sh SYNOPSIS
mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
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.Nm
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.Op Fl A
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.Ar disk
mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
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.Nm
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.Fl w
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
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.Op Fl \&An
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Op Fl B Op Fl b Ar boot
Teach disklabel(8) about different hardware architectures. This is aimed at creating floppies during cross-releases. For different endianness machines, a tool like bswapfs(8) is necessary to make the generated floppies readable on the target machine. While here, fixed unaligned access on Alphas. Tested on: i386, alpha
2003-03-16 00:11:49 +00:00
.Op Fl m Ar machine
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
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.Ar disk
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
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.Op Ar type
mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
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.Nm
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.Fl e
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
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.Op Fl \&An
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Op Fl B Op Fl b Ar boot
Teach disklabel(8) about different hardware architectures. This is aimed at creating floppies during cross-releases. For different endianness machines, a tool like bswapfs(8) is necessary to make the generated floppies readable on the target machine. While here, fixed unaligned access on Alphas. Tested on: i386, alpha
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.Op Fl m Ar machine
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.Ar disk
mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
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.Nm
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
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.Fl R
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
.Op Fl \&An
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Op Fl B Op Fl b Ar boot
Teach disklabel(8) about different hardware architectures. This is aimed at creating floppies during cross-releases. For different endianness machines, a tool like bswapfs(8) is necessary to make the generated floppies readable on the target machine. While here, fixed unaligned access on Alphas. Tested on: i386, alpha
2003-03-16 00:11:49 +00:00
.Op Fl m Ar machine
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
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.Ar disk protofile
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The .Nm utility
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The
.Nm
utility
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installs, examines or modifies the
.Bx
label on a disk partition.
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
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In addition,
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.Nm
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1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
can install bootstrap code.
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
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.Ss Disk Device Name
When specifying the device,
the
Add support for virgin disklabels Submitted by: dillon
2000-10-31 07:07:39 +00:00
.Pa /dev/
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
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path prefix may be omitted;
the
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.Nm
The .Nm utility
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utility will automatically prepend it.
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
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.Ss General Options
The
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.Fl A
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
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option enables processing of the historical parts of the
.Bx
label.
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If the option is not given, suitable values are set for these fields.
.Pp
The
.Fl n
stops the
.Nm
program right before the disk would have been modified, and displays
the result instead of writing it.
.Pp
The
.Fl m Ar machine
argument instructs
.Nm
to use the layout suitable for the specified machine.
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ss Reading the Disk Label
In the words of the submitter: disklabel(8)'s "Reading the disk label" section starts out "To examine or save the label on a disk drive,...". This is confusing. The given command (disklabel [-r] disk) doesn't save anything (except to standard out, but that should go without saying). It reads as if the command might save something on the disk drive. PR: 32452 Submitted by: Gary W. Swearingen <swear@blarg.net>
2002-01-07 06:45:17 +00:00
To examine the label on a disk drive, use
Remove whitespace at EOL.
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.Nm
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
without options:
.Pp
mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
2000-11-20 16:52:27 +00:00
.Nm
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Op Fl A
.Op Fl m Ar machine
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Ar disk
.Pp
.Ar disk
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
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represents the disk in question, and may be in the form
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Pa da0
or
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Pa /dev/da0 .
It will display the partition layout.
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ss Writing a Standard Label
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
To write a standard label, use the form
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.Pp
mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
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.Nm
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
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.Fl w
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
.Op Fl \&An
Teach disklabel(8) about different hardware architectures. This is aimed at creating floppies during cross-releases. For different endianness machines, a tool like bswapfs(8) is necessary to make the generated floppies readable on the target machine. While here, fixed unaligned access on Alphas. Tested on: i386, alpha
2003-03-16 00:11:49 +00:00
.Op Fl m Ar machine
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Ar disk
.Op Ar type
Add support for virgin disklabels Submitted by: dillon
2000-10-31 07:07:39 +00:00
.Pp
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
If the drive type is specified, the entry of that name in the
mdoc(7) police: split punctuation characters + misc fixes.
2001-02-01 16:38:02 +00:00
.Xr disktab 5
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
file is used; otherwise a default layout is used.
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ss Editing an Existing Disk Label
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
To edit an existing disk label, use the form
.Pp
mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
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.Nm
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
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.Fl e
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
.Op Fl \&An
Teach disklabel(8) about different hardware architectures. This is aimed at creating floppies during cross-releases. For different endianness machines, a tool like bswapfs(8) is necessary to make the generated floppies readable on the target machine. While here, fixed unaligned access on Alphas. Tested on: i386, alpha
2003-03-16 00:11:49 +00:00
.Op Fl m Ar machine
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Ar disk
.Pp
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
This command opens the disk label in the default editor, and when the editor
exits, the label is validated and if OK written to disk.
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ss Restoring a Disk Label From a File
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
To restore a disk label from a file, use the form
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
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.Pp
mdoc(7) police: use the new features of the Nm macro.
2000-11-20 16:52:27 +00:00
.Nm
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Fl R
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
.Op Fl \&An
Teach disklabel(8) about different hardware architectures. This is aimed at creating floppies during cross-releases. For different endianness machines, a tool like bswapfs(8) is necessary to make the generated floppies readable on the target machine. While here, fixed unaligned access on Alphas. Tested on: i386, alpha
2003-03-16 00:11:49 +00:00
.Op Fl m Ar machine
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ar disk protofile
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Pp
Add section number to .Xr. Use of .Nm. Typo. Add rcsid. Remove unused #includes. Use err(3).
1998-06-04 06:49:13 +00:00
.Nm
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
is capable of restoring a disk label that was previously saved in a file in
.Tn ASCII
format.
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
The prototype file used to create the label should be in the same format as that
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
produced when reading or editing a label.
Comments are delimited by
.Ql #
and newline.
.Ss Installing Bootstraps
Teach disklabel(8) about different hardware architectures. This is aimed at creating floppies during cross-releases. For different endianness machines, a tool like bswapfs(8) is necessary to make the generated floppies readable on the target machine. While here, fixed unaligned access on Alphas. Tested on: i386, alpha
2003-03-16 00:11:49 +00:00
If the
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Fl B
argument is specified, bootstrap code will be read from the file
Deal with vestiges of d_boot[01].
2003-02-23 01:48:42 +00:00
.Pa /boot/boot
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
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and written to the disk.
The
.Fl b Ar boot
argument allows a different file to be used.
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Sh FILES
Deal with vestiges of d_boot[01].
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.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /etc/disktab" -compact
.It Pa /boot/boot
Default boot image.
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.It Pa /etc/disktab
Deal with vestiges of d_boot[01].
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Disk description file.
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.El
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Sh SAVED FILE FORMAT
The .Nm utility
2002-07-06 19:34:18 +00:00
The
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Nm
The .Nm utility
2002-07-06 19:34:18 +00:00
utility
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
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uses an
.Tn ASCII
version of the label when examining, editing, or restoring a disk
label.
The format is:
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Bd -literal -offset 4n
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
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8 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
a: 81920 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16
b: 160000 81920 swap
c: 1173930 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit
.Ed
.Pp
If the
.Fl A
option is specified, the format is:
.Bd -literal -offset 4n
/dev/r<FOO> => /dev/<FOO>
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# /dev/da1c:
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
type: SCSI
/dev/r<FOO> => /dev/<FOO>
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disk: da0s1
Remove whitespace at EOL.
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label:
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 51
tracks/cylinder: 19
sectors/cylinder: 969
cylinders: 1211
sectors/unit: 1173930
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0 # milliseconds
track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds
Remove whitespace at EOL.
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drivedata: 0
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
8 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
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a: 81920 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16
b: 160000 81920 swap
c: 1173930 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Ed
.Pp
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
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Lines starting with a
.Ql #
mark are comments.
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Pp
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
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The partition table can have up to 8 entries.
It contains the following information:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Ar #
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
The partition identifier is a single letter in the range
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ql a
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
to
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ql h .
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
By convention, partition
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ql c
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
is reserved to describe the entire disk.
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.It Ar size
The size of the partition in sectors,
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm K
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
(kilobytes - 1024),
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm M
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
(megabytes - 1024*1024),
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm G
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
(gigabytes - 1024*1024*1024),
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm %
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
(percentage of free space
.Em after
removing any fixed-size partitions other than partition
.Ql c ) ,
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
or
.Cm *
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
(all remaining free space
.Em after
fixed-size and percentage partitions).
For partition
.Ql c ,
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
a size of
.Cm *
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
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indicates the entire disk.
Lowercase versions of
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm K , M ,
and
.Cm G
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
are allowed.
Size and type should be specifed without any spaces between them.
.Pp
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
Example: 2097152, 1G, 1024M and 1048576K are all the same size
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
(assuming 512-byte sectors).
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.It Ar offset
The offset of the start of the partition from the beginning of the
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
drive in sectors, or
.Cm *
to have
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Nm
calculate the correct offset to use (the end of the previous partition plus
one, ignoring partition
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ql c .
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
For partition
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ql c ,
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm *
will be interpreted as an offset of 0.
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.It Ar fstype
Describes the purpose of the partition.
The example shows all currently used partition types.
For
.Tn UFS
file systems and
.Xr ccd 4
partitions, use type
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm 4.2BSD .
Clarify the currently used partition types. Add cross-references to ccd(4) and vinum(8).
2001-05-14 23:26:40 +00:00
For Vinum drives, use type
.Cm vinum .
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
Other common types are
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Cm swap
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
and
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Cm unused .
mdoc(7) police: fix markup in revision 1.27.
2001-05-15 16:03:59 +00:00
By convention, partition
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ql c
mdoc(7) police: fix markup in revision 1.27.
2001-05-15 16:03:59 +00:00
represents the entire slice and should be of type
Clarify the currently used partition types. Add cross-references to ccd(4) and vinum(8).
2001-05-14 23:26:40 +00:00
.Cm unused ,
though
.Nm
does not enforce this convention.
The .Nm utility
2002-07-06 19:34:18 +00:00
The
Clarify the currently used partition types. Add cross-references to ccd(4) and vinum(8).
2001-05-14 23:26:40 +00:00
.Nm
The .Nm utility
2002-07-06 19:34:18 +00:00
utility
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
also knows about a number of other partition types,
none of which are in current use.
(See the definitions starting with
mdoc(7) police: fix markup in revision 1.27.
2001-05-15 16:03:59 +00:00
.Dv FS_UNUSED
in
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Aq Pa sys/disklabel.h
for more details.)
.It Ar fsize
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
For
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm 4.2BSD
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
and
.Tn LFS
file systems only, the fragment size.
Defaults to 1024 for partitions smaller than 1GB,
4096 for partitions 1GB or larger.
.It Ar bsize
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
For
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm 4.2BSD
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
and
.Tn LFS
file systems only, the block size.
Defaults to 8192 for partitions smaller than 1GB,
16384 for partitions 1GB or larger.
.It Ar bps/cpg
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
For
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
.Cm 4.2BSD
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
file systems, the number of cylinders in a cylinder group.
For
.Tn LFS
file systems, the segment shift value.
Defaults to 16 for partitions smaller than 1GB,
64 for partitions 1GB or larger.
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.El
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Sh EXAMPLES
First scrub of s/disklabel/bsdlabel/ bsdlabel.5 deliberately exempted, its contents looks less than useful.
2003-04-18 19:44:12 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel da0s1"
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
Display the label for the first slice of the
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Pa da0
disk, as obtained via
Add support for virgin disklabels Submitted by: dillon
2000-10-31 07:07:39 +00:00
.Pa /dev/da0s1 .
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
First scrub of s/disklabel/bsdlabel/ bsdlabel.5 deliberately exempted, its contents looks less than useful.
2003-04-18 19:44:12 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel da0s1 > savedlabel"
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Pp
Remove whitespace at EOL.
2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00
Save the in-core label for
Add support for virgin disklabels Submitted by: dillon
2000-10-31 07:07:39 +00:00
.Pa da0s1
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
into the file
.Pa savedlabel .
This file can be used with the
.Fl R
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
option to restore the label at a later date.
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Pp
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel -w /dev/da0s1"
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
Remove whitespace at EOL.
2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00
Create a label for
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
.Pa da0s1 .
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel -e da0s1"
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
Read the label for
Add support for virgin disklabels Submitted by: dillon
2000-10-31 07:07:39 +00:00
.Pa da0s1 ,
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
edit it, and install the result.
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel -e -n da0s1"
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Pp
Remove whitespace at EOL.
2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00
Read the on-disk label for
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Pa da0s1 ,
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
edit it, and display what the new label would be (in sectors).
It does
.Em not
install the new label either in-core or on-disk.
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Pp
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel -w da0s1"
Finally implement the "auto" disktype. It attempts to get all the required information from the driver, and produce a virgin disklabel for it. The latter might be further edited with `disklabel -e' to satisfy the user's need. The magic sequence is: disklabel -r -w sdX auto disklabel -e sdX
1996-01-22 01:01:15 +00:00
.Pp
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
Write a default label on
.Pa da0s1 .
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
Use another
.Nm Fl e
command to edit the
s/filesystem/file system/g as discussed on -developers
2002-08-21 18:11:48 +00:00
partitioning and file system information.
Finally implement the "auto" disktype. It attempts to get all the required information from the driver, and produce a virgin disklabel for it. The latter might be further edited with `disklabel -e' to satisfy the user's need. The magic sequence is: disklabel -r -w sdX auto disklabel -e sdX
1996-01-22 01:01:15 +00:00
.Pp
First scrub of s/disklabel/bsdlabel/ bsdlabel.5 deliberately exempted, its contents looks less than useful.
2003-04-18 19:44:12 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel -R da0s1 savedlabel"
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
Remove whitespace at EOL.
2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00
Restore the on-disk and in-core label for
Add support for virgin disklabels Submitted by: dillon
2000-10-31 07:07:39 +00:00
.Pa da0s1
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
from information in
.Pa savedlabel .
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
First scrub of s/disklabel/bsdlabel/ bsdlabel.5 deliberately exempted, its contents looks less than useful.
2003-04-18 19:44:12 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel -R -n da0s1 label_layout"
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Pp
Remove whitespace at EOL.
2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00
Display what the label would be for
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Pa da0s1
using the partition layout in
.Pa label_layout .
This is useful for determining how much space would be alloted for various
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
partitions with a labelling scheme using
.Cm % Ns -based
or
.Cm *
partition sizes.
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Pp
First scrub of s/disklabel/bsdlabel/ bsdlabel.5 deliberately exempted, its contents looks less than useful.
2003-04-18 19:44:12 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel -B da0s1"
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
Remove whitespace at EOL.
2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00
Install a new bootstrap on
Add support for virgin disklabels Submitted by: dillon
2000-10-31 07:07:39 +00:00
.Pa da0s1 .
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
The boot code comes from
Drop the silly notion that i386 has two bootstrap files now that sys/boot creates a single file named just "boot". Apart from the fact that the option "-s" is now gone and that "-b" should be pointed at /boot/boot instead of /boot/boot1, this patch should be a no-op.
2003-01-26 14:35:53 +00:00
.Pa /boot/boot .
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Dl "bsdlabel -w -B -b newboot /dev/da0s1"
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Pp
Install a new label and bootstrap.
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
The bootstrap code comes from the file
.Pa newboot
in the current working directory.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=512 count=32
fdisk -BI da0
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0s1 bs=512 count=32
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
bsdlabel -w -B da0s1
First scrub of s/disklabel/bsdlabel/ bsdlabel.5 deliberately exempted, its contents looks less than useful.
2003-04-18 19:44:12 +00:00
bsdlabel -e da0s1
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Ed
Add support for virgin disklabels Submitted by: dillon
2000-10-31 07:07:39 +00:00
.Pp
Completely wipe any prior information on the disk, creating a new bootable
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
disk with a
.Tn DOS
partition table containing one slice, covering the whole disk.
Initialize the label on this slice,
then edit it.
The
.Xr dd 1
commands are optional, but may be necessary for some
.Tn BIOS Ns es
to properly
Add support for virgin disklabels Submitted by: dillon
2000-10-31 07:07:39 +00:00
recognize the disk.
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Pp
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
This is an example disk label that uses some of the new partition size types
mdoc(7) police: misc formatting fixes. (This page still needs a lot of work.)
2001-03-05 15:33:54 +00:00
such as
.Cm % , M , G ,
and
.Cm * ,
which could be used as a source file for
First scrub of s/disklabel/bsdlabel/ bsdlabel.5 deliberately exempted, its contents looks less than useful.
2003-04-18 19:44:12 +00:00
.Dq Li "bsdlabel -R ad0s1c new_label_file" :
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Bd -literal -offset 4n
# /dev/ad0s1c:
8 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*)
Remove whitespace at EOL.
2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00
b: 1G * swap
c: * * unused
e: 204800 * 4.2BSD
f: 5g * 4.2BSD
g: * * 4.2BSD
Allow for easier configuration when using disklabel. A sample being: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 400M 0 4.2BSD 4096 16384 75 # (Cyl. 0 - 812*) b: 1G * swap c: * * unused e: 204800 * 4.2BSD f: 5g * 4.2BSD g: * * 4.2BSD These patches are the original work of Randell Jesup, and I believe Matt Dillon, with additional work by Warner Losh. Please let me know if I've left someone out. Incorporated into this is the fix for PR bin/22727. This patchset still has style issues and a possible problem on large disks. However, it was a agreed to get these committed before performing major surgery on them. PR: bin/22727 Submitted by: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
2001-02-25 16:47:44 +00:00
.Ed
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Sh SEE ALSO
Clarify the currently used partition types. Add cross-references to ccd(4) and vinum(8).
2001-05-14 23:26:40 +00:00
.Xr ccd 4 ,
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
.Xr geom 4 ,
Give this manpage a good overhaul, including the markup. Notable changes: - Removed the "disktype" argument from the -B only synopsis form. This form doesn't touch the disk label, and doesn't use this argument. - Fixed the first example in the EXAMPLES section. Support for compatibility slices has been recently dropped from the GEOM kernels, and a bit later GEOM became standard. - Removed the buggy notion from rev. 1.37 that disklabel(8) may be used to define mount points; it cannot. Improve some DOS partition / FreeBSD slice wording. Among these, ``dangerously-dedicated slice'' was just a nonsense. ;-)
2003-03-15 22:00:45 +00:00
.Xr md 4 ,
mdoc(7) fixes. Approved by: re (blanket)
2003-05-24 19:53:08 +00:00
.\" Xr bsdlabel 5 ,
Make intelligible: Describe the command formats in English. Add references to other programs (boot0cfg, fdisk). Remove some old cruft, including FUD about single-level bootstraps. Add example of output format. Not-objected-to-by: msmith rnordier
1999-07-31 08:11:58 +00:00
.Xr disktab 5 ,
Various man page cleanup: - Sort xrefs - FreeBSD.ORG -> FreeBSD.org - Properly xref RFCs. - Be consistent with section names as outlined in mdoc(7). - Other misc mdoc cleanup. PR: doc/13144 Submitted by: Alexey M. Zelkin <phantom@cris.net>
1999-08-15 08:06:12 +00:00
.Xr boot0cfg 8 ,
More axe-work: Hide all the historical fields of the label, unless people ask for them with -A, set them to intelligently chosen defaults otherwise. Distill the manual page to remove inaccuracies, misundertandings and obsolete information. It can probably still be done better but now at least it is not misinforming people.
2003-05-03 09:58:20 +00:00
.Xr fdisk 8
BSD 4.4 Lite sbin Sources Note: XNSrouted and routed NOT imported here, they shall be imported with usr.sbin.
1994-05-26 06:35:07 +00:00
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
The kernel device drivers will not allow the size of a disk partition
to be decreased or the offset of a partition to be changed while it is open.
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