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.\" $NetBSD: pdisk.8,v 1.15 2003/04/24 07:43:53 dbj Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: pdisk.8,v 1.16 2003/04/24 12:28:12 wiz Exp $
.Dd April 24, 2003
.Os
.Dt PDISK 8
@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ to always ignore the device size listed in the partition table
and compute the device size by other means.
.It Fl d
.It Fl -debug
Turns on debugging. Doesn't add that much output, but does add
a new command
Turns on debugging.
Doesn't add that much output, but does add a new command
.Sq x
to the editing commands that accesses an eclectic bunch of
undocumented functionality.
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.Ar devices .
.It Fl L
.It Fl -logical
Show partition limits in logical blocks. Default is physical blocks.
Show partition limits in logical blocks.
Default is physical blocks.
.It Fl r
.It Fl -readonly
Prevents
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command is similar to the
.Ic c
command, with the addition of a partition type argument after the
other arguments. Choosing a type of Apple_UNIX_SVR2 will prompt for
other arguments.
Choosing a type of Apple_UNIX_SVR2 will prompt for
the unix filesystem slice to set in the Block Zero Block bits.
.Pp
The
@ -185,7 +187,8 @@ The index numbers are constrained to be a contiguous sequence.
The
.Ic t
(change partition type) command allows the type of a partition to be
changed. Changing the type to Apple_UNIX_SVR2 will prompt for the
changed.
Changing the type to Apple_UNIX_SVR2 will prompt for the
unix filesystem slice to set in the Block Zero Block bits.
.Pp
The
@ -198,7 +201,6 @@ In order to use the new partition map you must reboot.
.Xr fdisk 8 ,
.Xr newfs 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility was originally developed for MkLinux.
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option has not been heavily tested.
.Pp
.Nm
will first try to use
will first try to use
.Xr lseek 2
with
.Dv SEEK_END
to compute the size of the device. If this fails, it will try
a binary search using
to compute the size of the device.
If this fails, it will try a binary search using
.Xr lseek 2
and
.Xr read 2
to find the end of the device. This has been observed to fail on some
raw disk devices. As a workaround, try using the block device
instead.
to find the end of the device.
This has been observed to fail on some raw disk devices.
As a workaround, try using the block device instead.
.Nm
should probably read the disklabel using the
.Dv DIOCGDINFO