more rewording
- mbrlabel updates the disklabel; it doesn't generate it - it doesn't just affect the incore label, so remove the `incore' qualifier
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.\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
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.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $NetBSD: mbrlabel.8,v 1.6 2000/12/24 13:57:37 lukem Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: mbrlabel.8,v 1.7 2000/12/24 14:01:12 lukem Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd December 24, 2000
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.Dt MBRLABEL 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mbrlabel
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.Nd generate incore disk label from MBR label(s)
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.Nd update disk label from MBR label(s)
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl fq
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.Ar device
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is used to update an incore
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is used to update a
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.Nx
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disk label from the Master Boot Record (MBR) label(s) found
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on disks that were previously used on DOS/Windows systems (or
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@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ then walks through every extended partition found and generating
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additional partition entries for the disk from the MBRs found in
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those extended partitions.
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.Pp
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Each MBR partition which does not have an equivalent partition in incore
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Each MBR partition which does not have an equivalent partition in the
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disk label (equivalent in having the same size and offset) is added to
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the first free partition slot in the incore disk label. A free
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the first free partition slot in the disk label. A free
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partition slot is defined as one with an
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.Dv fstype
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of
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.Dv size
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of zero
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.Pq Sq 0 .
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If there are not enough free slots in the incore disk label, a warning
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If there are not enough free slots in the disk label, a warning
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will be issued.
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.Pp
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The raw partition (typically partition
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.Pp
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If
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.Fl f
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is given, then the incore disk label is updated.
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is given, then the on-disk and in-core disk labels are updated.
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Otherwise, the proposed changed disk label will be displayed and no
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update will occur.
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.Pp
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