From 959a998bde99a281d86a4550ffb899c8af79eac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: is Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:43:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix terminology issue brought up by Bug Hunting in PR 47314. The boot records in extended partitions are called "Extended Boot Record" (EBR); use that in the documentation where appropriate. --- sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8 | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8 b/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8 index 88a486573004..9a3de298a579 100644 --- a/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8 +++ b/sbin/mbrlabel/mbrlabel.8 @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ .\" 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