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Fix terminology issue brought up by Bug Hunting in PR 47314.

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The boot records in extended partitions are called "Extended Boot Record"
(EBR); use that in the documentation where appropriate.
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.\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $NetBSD: mbrlabel.8,v 1.18 2012/07/14 20:13:30 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: mbrlabel.8,v 1.19 2013/02/27 20:43:00 is Exp $
.\"
.Dd July 13, 2012
.Dd February 27, 2013
.Dt MBRLABEL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
.Nm
is used to update a
.Nx
disk label from the Master Boot Record (MBR) label(s) found
disk label from the Master Boot Record (MBR) label and Extended
Boot Record (EBR) label(s) found
on disks that were previously used on DOS/Windows systems (or
other MBR using systems).
.Pp
@ -53,11 +54,11 @@ scans the MBR contained in the very first block of the disk (or the
block specified through the
.Fl s
flag), then walks through every extended partition found and generates
additional partition entries for the disk from the MBRs found in
additional partition entries for the disk from the EBRs found in
those extended partitions.
.Pp
Each MBR partition which does not have an equivalent partition in the
disk label (equivalent in having the same size and offset) is added to
Each MBR and each EBR partition which does not have an equivalent partition
in the disk label (equivalent in having the same size and offset) is added to
the first free partition slot in the disk label.
A free partition slot is defined as one with an
.Dv fstype
@ -105,6 +106,11 @@ See also
.Xr dkctl 8 ,
.Xr fdisk 8 ,
.Xr mbr 8
.Rs
.%A Tn Microsoft corporation
.%T "Disk Concepts and Troubleshooting"
.%R Tn Microsoft technical library
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm