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.\"	$NetBSD: mbrlabel.8,v 1.16 2006/01/12 20:37:23 wiz Exp $
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.Dd December 27, 2005
.Dt MBRLABEL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mbrlabel
.Nd update disk label from MBR label(s)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl fqrw
.Op Fl s Ar sector
.Ar device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
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
other MBR using systems).
.Pp
.Nm
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
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
the first free partition slot in the disk label.
A free partition slot is defined as one with an
.Dv fstype
of
.Sq Li unused
and a
.Dv size
of zero
.Pq Sq 0 .
If there are not enough free slots in the disk label, a warning
will be issued.
.Pp
The raw partition (typically partition
.Em c ,
but
.Em d
on i386 and some other platforms) is left alone during this process.
.Pp
By default, the proposed changed disk label will be displayed and no
disk label update will occur.
.Pp
Available options:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width sXsectorX
.It Fl f
Force an update, even if there has been no change.
.It Fl q
Performs operations in a quiet fashion.
.It Fl w
Update the in-core label if it has been changed.
.It Fl r
In conjunction with
.Fl w ,
also update the on-disk label.
.It Fl s Ar sector
Specifies the logical sector number that has to be read from the disk
in order to find the MBR.
Useful if the disk has remapping drivers on it and the MBR is located
in a non-standard place.
Defaults to 0.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr disklabel 8 ,
.Xr dkctl 8 ,
.Xr fdisk 8 ,
.Xr mbr 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Nx 1.4 .