It's 2015, and some people are still trying to use fdisk and then

go asking what debug flags to set for GEOM to make it work.  Advice
them to use gpart(8) instead.

Something similar should probably done with disklabel,
but I need to rewrite the disklabel examples first.

Reviewed by:	wblock@
MFC after:	1 month
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3315

15 files changed, 25 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8 b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
index 54e2af2..7a4852e 100644
--- a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
+++ b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
@@ -445,7 +445,10 @@ to properly
 recognize the disk:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=512 count=32
-fdisk -BI da0
+gpart create -s MBR da0
+gpart add -t freebsd da0
+gpart set -a active -i 1 da0
+gpart bootcode -b /boot/mbr da0
 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0s1 bs=512 count=32
 bsdlabel -w -B da0s1
 bsdlabel -e da0s1
@@ -495,6 +498,5 @@ are not generally compatible.
 .Xr md 4 ,
 .Xr disktab 5 ,
 .Xr boot0cfg 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
 .Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8
diff --git a/sbin/dumpfs/dumpfs.8 b/sbin/dumpfs/dumpfs.8
index feb8758..bb8e93c 100644
--- a/sbin/dumpfs/dumpfs.8
+++ b/sbin/dumpfs/dumpfs.8
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ flag is needed if the filesystem uses
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr disktab 5 ,
 .Xr fs 5 ,
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
 .Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8 ,
 .Xr tunefs 8
 .Sh HISTORY
diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
index fcab133..6894ab9 100644
--- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
+++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ The
 utility can be used to divide space on the disk into slices and set one
 active.
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Bf -symbolic
+This command is obsolete.
+Users are advised to use
+.Xr gpart 8
+instead.
+.Ef
+.Pp
 The
 .Fx
 utility,
diff --git a/sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8 b/sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8
index d3c8e9f..4bf5cdd 100644
--- a/sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8
+++ b/sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ to
 .Pa /var/tmp/ffsinfo
 with all available information.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
 .Xr dumpfs 8 ,
 .Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr growfs 8 ,
 .Xr gvinum 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8 ,
diff --git a/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 b/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8
index 2645327..6818d7b 100644
--- a/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ mount /dev/md1.nop /mnt
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr md 4 ,
 .Xr ffs 7 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr mdmfs 8 ,
 .Xr malloc 9
 .Sh HISTORY
diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index a4067e9..f261bb0 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ on file systems that contain many small files.
 .Xr geom 4 ,
 .Xr disktab 5 ,
 .Xr fs 5 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
 .Xr camcontrol 8 ,
 .Xr dump 8 ,
 .Xr dumpfs 8 ,
 .Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr gjournal 8 ,
 .Xr growfs 8 ,
 .Xr gvinum 8 ,
diff --git a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
index 0f1abb4..967e151 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
@@ -228,9 +228,7 @@ Create a 30MB image file, with the FAT partition starting
 newfs_msdos -C 30M -@63s ./somefile
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr disktab 5 ,
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
diff --git a/sbin/newfs_nandfs/newfs_nandfs.8 b/sbin/newfs_nandfs/newfs_nandfs.8
index 7a630bb..fe32163 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs_nandfs/newfs_nandfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs_nandfs/newfs_nandfs.8
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ Create a file system, using default parameters, on
 newfs_nandfs /dev/ada0s1
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr disktab 5 ,
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
index 690dfcd..71fa8e0 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@ requirement has not been adhered to.
 .Xr make.conf 5 ,
 .Xr ttys 5 ,
 .Xr boot0cfg 8 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
 .Xr btxld 8 ,
 .Xr config 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr gptboot 8 ,
 .Xr halt 8 ,
 .Xr loader 8 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man4/da.4 b/share/man/man4/da.4
index 7d6f83b..b5aaa29 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/da.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/da.4
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ None.
 .Xr ada 4 ,
 .Xr cam 4 ,
 .Xr geom 4 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8
+.Xr gpart 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
diff --git a/share/man/man4/md.4 b/share/man/man4/md.4
index af91e58..477465f 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/md.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/md.4
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ disk found in the
 man page.
 Other tools will also create these images, such as NanoBSD.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr loader 8 ,
 .Xr mdconfig 8 ,
 .Xr mdmfs 8 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vpo.4 b/share/man/man4/vpo.4
index 722a18f..925dadf 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vpo.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vpo.4
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ When mounting a DOS file system or
 formatting a
 .Fx
 file system, check the slice of the disk with the
-.Xr fdisk 8
+.Xr gpart 8
 utility.
 .Pp
 In order to unixify a ZIP disk, put the following in /etc/disktab:
diff --git a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 b/share/man/man7/tuning.7
index 12b03c2..4af2ef2 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/tuning.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/tuning.7
@@ -753,10 +753,10 @@ over services you export from your box (web services, email).
 .Xr ports 7 ,
 .Xr boot 8 ,
 .Xr bsdinstall 8 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
 .Xr ccdconfig 8 ,
 .Xr config 8 ,
 .Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr gjournal 8 ,
 .Xr gstripe 8 ,
 .Xr gvinum 8 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man8/picobsd.8 b/share/man/man8/picobsd.8
index 4d4daa1..3113a0c 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/picobsd.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/picobsd.8
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ third form, replacing
 .Ar NN
 with the actual start of the partition
 (which you can determine using
-.Xr fdisk 8 ) .
+.Xr gpart 8 ) .
 Note that after saving the image to the slice, it will not yet be
 recognised.
 You have to use the
diff --git a/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8 b/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8
index 9e413c0..bf0d35d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8
@@ -180,14 +180,13 @@ To enable just slices 1 and 3 in the menu:
 .Dl "boot0cfg -m 0x5 ada0"
 .Pp
 To go back to non-interactive booting, use
-.Xr fdisk 8
+.Xr gpart 8
 to install the default MBR:
 .Pp
-.Dl "fdisk -B ada0"
+.Dl "gpart bootcode -b /boot/mbr ada0"
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr geom 4 ,
 .Xr boot 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
 .Xr gpart 8
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An Robert Nordier Aq Mt rnordier@FreeBSD.org