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Clarify and clean up some language, and add an explicit example.

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Sponsored by:	iXsystems
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12336
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Warren Block 2018-03-02 19:07:32 +00:00
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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd February 10, 2018
.Dd March 2, 2018
.Dt GPART 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -1327,16 +1327,16 @@ After creating all required partitions, embed bootstrap code into them:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
/sbin/gpart bootcode -p /boot/boot1 da0
.Ed
.Ss Deleting partitions and partitioning scheme
If you get a
.Ss Deleting Partitions and Destroying the Partitioning Scheme
If a
.Em "Device busy"
error when trying to destroy a partition table, remember that you must
delete all its partitions first with the
error is shown when trying to destroy a partition table, remember that
all of the partitions must be deleted first with the
.Cm delete
action.
In this example, assume we have
In this example,
.Pa da0
with three partitions:
has three partitions:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
/sbin/gpart delete -i 3 da0
/sbin/gpart delete -i 2 da0
@ -1344,11 +1344,15 @@ with three partitions:
/sbin/gpart destroy da0
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, you can invoke the
.Cm destroy
action with the
Rather than deleting each partition and then destroying the partitioning
scheme, the
.Fl F
flag.
option can be given with
.Cm destroy
to delete all of the partitions before destroying the partitioning scheme.
This is equivalent to the previous example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
/sbin/gpart destroy -F da0
.Ed
.Ss Backup and Restore
.Pp