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3.7 KiB
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121 lines
3.7 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: ahdi_writelabel.3,v 1.1 2000/02/05 20:40:42 jdc Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Julian Coleman.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.Dd January 5, 2000
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.Dt ahdi_writelabel 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ahdi_writelabel
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.Nd write AHDI partition label to disk
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libahdi
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <libahdi.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn ahdi_writelabel "struct ahdi_ptable *ptable" "char *diskname" "int flags"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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function writes an AHDI format disk from an AHDI label. The root sector
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that is written contains no boot code and the bad sector list contains no
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entries. Any existing NetBSD disklabel for this disk will be invalidated.
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.Nm
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calls
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.Xr ahdi_checklabel
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and will not write the information if
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.Xr ahdi_checklabel
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returns an error.
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.Pp
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The function takes the following flags:
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.Bl -column "AHDI_IGN_EXISTS" "Result" -offset indent
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.It Em Flag Ta Em Result
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.It Li AHDI_KEEP_BOOT Ta
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Keep the existing boot code in the root sector
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.It Li AHDI_KEEP_BSL Ta
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Keep the existing bad sector list
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.It Li AHDI_KEEP_NBDA Ta
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Keep the existing NetBSD disk label
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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function will try to open
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.Em diskname ,
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.Li then r Ns Em diskname Ns c,
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.Li then /dev/r Ns Em diskname Ns c .
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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The
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.Nm
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function returns the following codes:
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.Bl -column "Code" "Meaning" -offset indent
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.It Em Code Ta Em Meaning
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.It Li 1 Ta
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OK
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.It Li -1 Ta
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System call error (see value of errno)
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.It Li <-1 Ta
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.Xr ahdi_checklabel
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returned an error
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr errno
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.Xr ahdi_buildlabel 3 ,
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.Xr ahdi_checklabel 3 ,
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.Xr ahdi_readlabel 3 ,
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.Xr ahdi_writedisktab 3 ,
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.Xr ahdi 4 ,
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.Xr installboot 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm libahdi
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package appeared in
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.Nx 1.5 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Julian Coleman, Waldi Ravens, Leo Weppelman
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Nm
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function does not recognise the (deprecated) partition ID's
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.Em NBR ,
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.Em NBU
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or
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.Em NBS .
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.Pp
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If no partition of type
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.Em NBD
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or
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.Em RAW
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exist, no NetBSD disklabel can be written to the disk.
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