Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:06:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r245270 - stable/9/sbin/geom/class/part Message-ID: <201301102306.r0AN6WES065553@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Thu Jan 10 23:06:32 2013 New Revision: 245270 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/245270 Log: MFC r245012: Document the output of the show command. Modified version of patch provided by Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl>. Use of 'gpart list' suggested by by Andrey V. Elsukov <ae@FreeBSD.org>. PR: docs/174270 Submitted by: Ronald F.Guilmette <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Reviewed by: ae (block sizes) Modified: stable/9/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Directory Properties: stable/9/sbin/geom/class/part/ (props changed) Modified: stable/9/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/9/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Thu Jan 10 22:44:19 2013 (r245269) +++ stable/9/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Thu Jan 10 23:06:32 2013 (r245270) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 19, 2012 +.Dd January 3, 2013 .Dt GPART 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -453,8 +453,14 @@ about its use. .El .\" ==== SHOW ==== .It Cm show -Show the current partition information of the specified geoms -or all geoms if none are specified. +Show current partition information for the specified geoms, or all +geoms if none are specified. +The default output includes the logical starting block of each +partition, the partition size in blocks, the partition index number, +the partition type, and a human readable partition size. +Block sizes and locations are based on the device's Sectorsize +as shown by +.Cm gpart list . Additional options include: .Bl -tag -width 10n .It Fl l @@ -919,7 +925,7 @@ and .Cm list will report about corrupt tables. .Pp -If the size of the device has changed (e.g.\& volume expansion) the +If the size of the device has changed (e.g.,\& volume expansion) the secondary GPT header will no longer be located in the last sector. This is not a metadata corruption, but it is dangerous because any corruption of the primary GPT will lead to loss of the partition table. @@ -979,14 +985,14 @@ This may break a mirrored volume and lea Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails. .Sh EXAMPLES Create a GPT scheme on -.Pa ad0 : +.Pa ada0 : .Bd -literal -offset indent -/sbin/gpart create -s GPT ad0 +/sbin/gpart create -s GPT ada0 .Ed .Pp Embed GPT bootstrap code into a protective MBR: .Bd -literal -offset indent -/sbin/gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr ad0 +/sbin/gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr ada0 .Ed .Pp Create a dedicated @@ -1011,15 +1017,15 @@ aligned on a 64 kB boundary without the offset or alignment. The boot partition itself is aligned on a 4 kB boundary. .Bd -literal -offset indent -/sbin/gpart add -b 40 -s 88 -t freebsd-boot ad0 -/sbin/gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ad0 +/sbin/gpart add -b 40 -s 88 -t freebsd-boot ada0 +/sbin/gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada0 .Ed .Pp Create a 512MB-sized .Cm freebsd-ufs partition to contain a UFS filesystem from which the system can boot. .Bd -literal -offset indent -/sbin/gpart add -s 512M -t freebsd-ufs ad0 +/sbin/gpart add -s 512M -t freebsd-ufs ada0 .Ed .Pp Create an MBR scheme on
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