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Style fixes to the newfs_msdos manpage.

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Submitted by:	Christoph Mallon <christoph mallon gmx de>
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Ed Schouten 2009-04-11 15:07:27 +00:00
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@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ number is in sectors, kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes, respectively.
.It Fl B Ar boot
Get bootstrap from file.
.It Fl C Ar create-size
Create the image file with the specified size. A suffix character appended
to the size is interpreted as for the
Create the image file with the specified size.
A suffix character appended to the size is interpreted as for the
.Fl @
option.
The file is created by truncating any existing file with the same name and
@ -164,13 +164,14 @@ Number of sectors per track.
.El
.Sh NOTES
If some parameters (e.g. size, number of sectors, etc.) are not specified
through options or disktype, the program tries to generate them
automatically. In particular, the size is determined as the
device or file size minus the offset specified with the
through options or disktype, the program tries to generate them automatically.
In particular, the size is determined as the device or file size minus the
offset specified with the
.Fl @
option. When the geometry is not available, it is assumed to be
63 sectors, 255 heads. The size is then rounded to become
a multiple of the track size and avoid complaints by some filesystem code.
option.
When the geometry is not available, it is assumed to be 63 sectors, 255 heads.
The size is then rounded to become a multiple of the track size and avoid
complaints by some filesystem code.
.Pp
FAT file system parameters occupy a "Boot Sector BPB (BIOS Parameter
Block)" in the first of the "reserved" sectors which precede the actual