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

9 files changed, 18 insertions, 14 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+This command is obsolete.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 ,