Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 19:07:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r330291 - head/sbin/geom/class/part Message-ID: <201803021907.w22J7WgH064831@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Fri Mar 2 19:07:32 2018 New Revision: 330291 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/330291 Log: Clarify and clean up some language, and add an explicit example. Sponsored by: iXsystems Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12336 Modified: head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Modified: head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Fri Mar 2 18:57:00 2018 (r330290) +++ head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Fri Mar 2 19:07:32 2018 (r330291) @@ -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 bootstra .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
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