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authorjmz <jmz@FreeBSD.org>1996-01-04 02:00:16 +0000
committerjmz <jmz@FreeBSD.org>1996-01-04 02:00:16 +0000
commitfe185d60f1131bfe94527978a828a6b886b27ae5 (patch)
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Fix the spelling of 'partition'.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/fdisk')
-rw-r--r--sbin/fdisk/fdisk.88
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
index 1d0d8eb..4b59202 100644
--- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
+++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ An example follows:
end: cyl 197/ sector 33/ head 14
.Ed
.Pp
-The disk is divided into three parititions that happen to fill the disk.
+The disk is divided into three partitions that happen to fill the disk.
The second partition overlaps the end of the first.
(Used for debugging purposes)
.Bl -tag -width "cyl, sector and head"
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ is used to label the partition. FreeBSD reserves the
magic number 165 decimal (A5 in hex).
.It Em "start and size"
fields provide the start address
-and size of a parition in sectors.
+and size of a partition in sectors.
.It Em "flag 80"
specifies that this is the active partition.
.It Em "cyl, sector and head"
fields are used to specify the beginning address
-and end address for the parititon.
+and end address for the partition.
.It Em "Note:"
these numbers are calculated using BIOS's understanding of the disk geometry
and saved in the bootblock.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ The flags
.Fl i
or
.Fl u
-are used to indicate that the paritition data is to be updated.
+are used to indicate that the partition data is to be updated.
The
.Nm
program will enter a conversational mode.
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