Minor punctuation fixes, improve and sort SYNOPSIS, sort flag descriptions.
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.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.69 2009/12/23 20:56:18 dsl Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: fdisk.8,v 1.70 2010/04/07 09:40:58 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd December 23, 2009
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.Dd April 6, 2010
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.Dt FDISK 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
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.Nd MS-DOS partition maintenance program
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl afiuvBFS
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.Op Fl aBFfiSuv
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | E Ar number
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.Oo
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.Fl 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | E Ar number
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.Op Fl s Ar id/start/size Ns Bq Ar /bootmenu
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.Oc
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl t Ar disktab
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl T Ar disktype
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.Op Fl r Ar file | Fl w Ar file
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl A Ar ptn_alignment Ns Bq Ar /ptn_0_offset
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.Op Fl b Ar cylinders/heads/sectors
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl s Ar id/start/size Ns Bq Ar /bootmenu
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl c Ar bootcode
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl r|w Ar file
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.Op Fl T Ar disktype
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Fl t Ar disktab
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.Ek
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.Bk -words
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.Op Ar device
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@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ disklabel.
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The standard MBR boot code will only boot the
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.Sq active
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partition.
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However
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However,
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.Nx
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contains additional boot programs which allow the user to
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interactively select which of the partitions to boot.
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@ -162,10 +162,6 @@ Specify partition slot 1 to be printed or updated.
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Specify partition slot 2 to be printed or updated.
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.It Fl 3
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Specify partition slot 3 to be printed or updated.
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.It Fl a
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Change the active partition.
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In interactive mode this question will be asked after the partitions
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have been processed.
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.It Fl A Ar ptn_alignment Ns Bq Ar /ptn_0_offset
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Specify the alignment for all partitions and optionally the offset for the
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first partition of the disk and of extended partitions.
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@ -185,6 +181,16 @@ larger than 128GB is set to 2048 (1MB).
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In all other cases the alignment default to a cylinder
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and the offset to a track (both using the BIOS geometry).
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The 1MB alignment is the same as that used by recent windows versions.
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.It Fl a
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Change the active partition.
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In interactive mode this question will be asked after the partitions
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have been processed.
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.It Fl B
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On an i386 or amd64 system, interactively update the boot selector settings.
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(The boot selector permits the user to interactively select the boot
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partition, and thus which operating system is run, at system boot time; see
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.Xr mbr 8
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for more information.)
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.It Fl b Ar cylinders/heads/sectors
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Specify the BIOS geometry parameters for
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.Ar cylinders ,
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@ -199,13 +205,6 @@ amd64) or by solving the simultaenous equations from the existing partition
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information.
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If that fails then either the geometry from the disklabel or 63 sectors and
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16 heads is used.
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.It Fl B
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On an i386 or amd64 system, interactively update the boot selector settings.
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(The boot selector permits the user to interactively select the boot
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partition, and thus which operating system is run, at system boot time.
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See
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.Xr mbr 8
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for more information.)
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.It Fl c Ar bootcode
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Specify the filename that
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.Nm
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to be printed or updated.
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If the specified extended partition doesn't exist on updating partition data
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an additional extended partition will be created.
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.It Fl F
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Indicate that
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.Ar device
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is a regular file.
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Unless the geometry of
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.Ar device
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is told to
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.Nm
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by
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.Fl T Ar disktype ,
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.Nm
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will count the 512-byte sectors in
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.Ar device
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and produce a fake geometry.
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If
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.Ar device
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is a regular file,
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.Fl F
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will be used implicitly.
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.It Fl f
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Run
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.Nm
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fields
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.Pq only Ar start No and Ar size No can be specified by Fl s No option .
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They will be automatically computed using the BIOS geometry.
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.It Fl F
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Indicate that
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.Ar device
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is a regular file.
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Unless the geometry of
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.Ar device
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is told to
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.Nm
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by
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.Fl T Ar disktype ,
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.Nm
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will count the 512-byte sectors in
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.Ar device
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and produce a fake geometry.
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If
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.Ar device
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is a regular file,
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.Fl F
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will be used implicitly.
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.It Fl i
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Explicitly request initialisation of the master boot code
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(similar to what
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@ -289,6 +288,11 @@ Read the boot record from file
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instead of the specified disk.
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The geometry information used is still that of the disk volume.
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Any changes are written back to the file.
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.It Fl S
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When used with no other flags print a series of
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.Pa /bin/sh
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commands for setting variables to the partition information.
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This could be used by installation scripts.
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.It Fl s Ar id/start/size Ns Bq Ar /bootmenu
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Specify the partition
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.Ar id ,
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.Ar bootmenu .
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This flag requires the use of a partition selection flag
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.Pq Fl 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , No or Fl E Ar number .
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.It Fl S
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When used with no other flags print a series of
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.Pa /bin/sh
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commands for setting variables to the partition information.
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This could be used by installation scripts.
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.It Fl T Ar disktype
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Use the disklabel
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.Ar disktype
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instead of the disklabel on
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.Ar device .
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.It Fl t Ar disktab
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Read
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.Ar disktype
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@ -310,11 +314,6 @@ from the named
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.Xr disktab 5
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file instead of from
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.Pa /etc/disktab .
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.It Fl T Ar disktype
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Use the disklabel
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.Ar disktype
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instead of the disklabel on
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.Ar device .
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.It Fl u
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Update partition data, including
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.Em id , start , No and Em size .
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First active partition: 0
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.Ed
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.Pp
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This example disk is divided into four partitions the last of which is
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This example disk is divided into four partitions, the last of which is
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an extended partition.
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The sub-partitions of the extended partition are also shown.
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In this case there is no free space in either the disk or in the extended
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attempts to check whether each partition is bootable,
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by checking the magic number and some other characteristics
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of the first sector of each partition (the PBR).
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If the partition does not apear to be bootable,
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If the partition does not appear to be bootable,
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.Nm
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will print a line containing
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.Dq "PBR is not bootable"
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@ -567,7 +566,7 @@ a set of figures that represent what the BIOS thinks is the
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geometry of the drive.
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The default values should be correct for the system on which
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.Nm
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is run, however if you move the disk to a different system the
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is run; however, if you move the disk to a different system, the
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BIOS of that system might use a different geometry translation.
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.Pp
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If you run the equivalent of
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