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
.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $NetBSD: mbrlabel.8,v 1.6 2000/12/24 13:57:37 lukem Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: mbrlabel.8,v 1.7 2000/12/24 14:01:12 lukem Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 24, 2000
.Dt MBRLABEL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mbrlabel
.Nd generate incore disk label from MBR label(s)
.Nd update disk label from MBR label(s)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl fq
.Ar device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is used to update an incore
is used to update a
.Nx
disk label from the Master Boot Record (MBR) label(s) found
on disks that were previously used on DOS/Windows systems (or
@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ then walks through every extended partition found and generating
additional partition entries for the disk from the MBRs found in
those extended partitions.
.Pp
Each MBR partition which does not have an equivalent partition in incore
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
the first free partition slot in the incore disk label. A free
the first free partition slot in the disk label. A free
partition slot is defined as one with an
.Dv fstype
of
@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ and a
.Dv size
of zero
.Pq Sq 0 .
If there are not enough free slots in the incore disk label, a warning
If there are not enough free slots in the disk label, a warning
will be issued.
.Pp
The raw partition (typically partition
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ on i386 and some othe platforms) is left alone during this process.
.Pp
If
.Fl f
is given, then the incore disk label is updated.
is given, then the on-disk and in-core disk labels are updated.
Otherwise, the proposed changed disk label will be displayed and no
update will occur.
.Pp