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Date:      Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:58:52 +0100 (CET)
From:      olgeni@uli.it
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/23109: Fixes to disklabel.8
Message-ID:  <200011261658.eAQGwpv03274@olgeni.localdomain.net>

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>Number:         23109
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Fixes to disklabel.8
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 26 09:00:07 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jimmy Olgeni
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Colby
>Environment:

FreeBSD olgeni.localdomain.net 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #0: Sun Nov 26 14:31:46 CET 2000     olgeni@olgeni.localdomain.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BSDBOX  i386

>Description:

The disklabel.8 man page needs some spelling and layout fixes.

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:

Patch /usr/src/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8:

*** disklabel.8.orig	Sun Nov 26 15:58:00 2000
--- disklabel.8	Sun Nov 26 16:16:52 2000
***************
*** 333,339 ****
  .if n This form corresponds to the "write label" command described above.  
  In addition to writing a new volume label, it also installs the bootstrap.
  If run on a base disk this command will create a ``dangerously-dedicated''
! label.  This command is normally run on a slice rather then a base disk.
  .Pp
  .Nm disklabel
  .Fl R
--- 333,339 ----
  .if n This form corresponds to the "write label" command described above.  
  In addition to writing a new volume label, it also installs the bootstrap.
  If run on a base disk this command will create a ``dangerously-dedicated''
! label.  This command is normally run on a slice rather than a base disk.
  .Pp
  .Nm disklabel
  .Fl R
***************
*** 349,355 ****
  .if n This form corresponds to the "restore label" command described above.  
  In addition to restoring the volume label, it also installs the bootstrap.
  If run on a base disk this command will create a ``dangerously-dedicated''
! label.  This command is normally run on a slice rather then a base disk.
  .Pp
  The bootstrap commands always access the disk directly, so it is not necessary
  to specify the
--- 349,355 ----
  .if n This form corresponds to the "restore label" command described above.  
  In addition to restoring the volume label, it also installs the bootstrap.
  If run on a base disk this command will create a ``dangerously-dedicated''
! label.  This command is normally run on a slice rather than a base disk.
  .Pp
  The bootstrap commands always access the disk directly, so it is not necessary
  to specify the
***************
*** 409,422 ****
  .It
  Use
  .Ar disklabel
! to edit your newly created label, addiing appropriate partitions.
  .It
  Finally newfs the filesystem partitions you created in the label.  A typical
! disklabel partiioning scheme would be to have an ``a'' partition 
  of approximately 128MB to hold the root filesystem, a ``b'' partition for
  swap, a ``d'' partition for /var (usually 128MB), an ``e'' partition
  for /var/tmp (usually 128MB), an ``f'' partition for /usr (usually around 2G),
! and finally a ``g'' partition for /home (usally all remaining space).
  Your mileage may vary.
  .El
  .Pp
--- 409,422 ----
  .It
  Use
  .Ar disklabel
! to edit your newly created label, adding appropriate partitions.
  .It
  Finally newfs the filesystem partitions you created in the label.  A typical
! disklabel partitioning scheme would be to have an ``a'' partition 
  of approximately 128MB to hold the root filesystem, a ``b'' partition for
  swap, a ``d'' partition for /var (usually 128MB), an ``e'' partition
  for /var/tmp (usually 128MB), an ``f'' partition for /usr (usually around 2G),
! and finally a ``g'' partition for /home (usually all remaining space).
  Your mileage may vary.
  .El
  .Pp
***************
*** 528,533 ****
--- 528,534 ----
  For UFS file systems, the number of cylinders in a cylinder group.  For LFS file
  systems, the segment shift value.
  .El
+ .Pp
  The remainder of the line is a comment and shows the cylinder allocations based
  on the obsolete (but possibly correct) geometry information about the drive.
  The asterisk (*) indicates that the partition does not begin or end exactly on a

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