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author | marcel <marcel@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-06-06 05:14:16 +0000 |
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committer | marcel <marcel@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-06-06 05:14:16 +0000 |
commit | dd14f4af05e3464783370bc5d4728e4c0c3fb6dd (patch) | |
tree | 7d8946015983177c737034ec3498de3bc2f6145a /sbin/geom | |
parent | 980aab4117e2fd09104b8e98b0e1c1d7f2e6a632 (diff) | |
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Update the manpage to reflect reality:
o The BSD, PC98 and VTOC8 schemes are supported.
o The bootcode command was added to allow installing bootstrap code
into the scheme's metadata.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/geom')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 | 35 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 b/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 index 1f664ca..d0c4297 100644 --- a/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 +++ b/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Marcel Moolenaar +.\" Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Marcel Moolenaar .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd Oct 20, 2007 +.Dd Jun 5, 2008 .Dt GPART 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -36,16 +36,24 @@ place one or more of the following lines in your kernel configuration file: .Bd -ragged -offset indent .Cd "options GEOM_PART_APM" +.Cd "options GEOM_PART_BSD" .Cd "options GEOM_PART_GPT" .Cd "options GEOM_PART_MBR" +.Cd "options GEOM_PART_PC98" +.Cd "options GEOM_PART_VTOC8" .Ed .Pp The GEOM_PART_APM option adds support for the Apple Partition Map (APM) found on Apple Macintosh computers. +The GEOM_PART_BSD option adds support for the traditional BSD disklabel. The GEOM_PART_GPT option adds support for the GUID Partition Table (GPT) found on Intel Itanium computers and Intel-based Macintosh computers. The GEOM_PART_MBR option adds support for the Master Boot Record (MBR) found on PCs and used on many removable media. +The GEOM_PART_PC98 option adds support for the MBR variant as used on +NEC PC-98 computers. +The GEOM_PART_VTOC8 option adds support for Sun's SMI VTOC8 label as +found on UltraSPARC-based computers. .Pp Usage of the .Xr gpart 8 @@ -61,6 +69,12 @@ utility: .Op Fl l Ar label .Op Fl f Ar flags .Ar geom +.\" ==== BOOTCODE ==== +.Nm +.Cm bootcode +.Fl b Ar bootcode +.Op Fl f Ar flags +.Ar geom .\" ==== COMMIT ==== .Nm .Cm commit @@ -122,7 +136,7 @@ option. Partition types are discussed in the section entitled "Partition Types". .Pp Addition options include: -.Bl -tag -width ".Fl w Ar wwwwwww" +.Bl -tag -width ".Fl w Ar wwwwwwww" .It Fl i Ar index The index in the partition table at which the new partition is to be placed. The index determines the name of the device special file used @@ -136,6 +150,21 @@ Additional operational flags. See the section entitled "Operational flags" below for a discussion about its use. .El +.\" ==== BOOTCODE ==== +.It Cm bootcode +Install bootstrap code into the partitioning scheme's metadata on +.Ar geom . +Not all partitioning schemes have bootstrap code, so this command +is scheme-specific in nature. +For the GPT scheme, bootstrap code is supported but it is the boostrap +code that's installed in the protective MBR. +The +.Fl b Ar bootcode +option specifies a file that contains the bootstrap code. +The contents and size of the file are determined by the partitioning +scheme. +For the MBR scheme, it's a 512 byte file of which the first 446 bytes +are installed as bootstrap code. .\" ==== COMMIT ==== .It Cm commit Commit any pending changes for geom |