It's 2015, and some people are still trying to use fdisk and then

go asking what debug flags to set for GEOM to make it work.  Advice
them to use gpart(8) instead.

Something similar should probably done with disklabel,
but I need to rewrite the disklabel examples first.

Reviewed by:	wblock@
MFC after:	1 month
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3315

15 files changed, 25 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8 b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
index 54e2af2e5340..7a4852e7a2fc 100644
--- a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
+++ b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8
@@ -445,7 +445,10 @@ to properly
 recognize the disk:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=512 count=32
-fdisk -BI da0
+gpart create -s MBR da0
+gpart add -t freebsd da0
+gpart set -a active -i 1 da0
+gpart bootcode -b /boot/mbr da0
 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0s1 bs=512 count=32
 bsdlabel -w -B da0s1
 bsdlabel -e da0s1
@@ -495,6 +498,5 @@ are not generally compatible.
 .Xr md 4 ,
 .Xr disktab 5 ,
 .Xr boot0cfg 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
 .Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8
diff --git a/sbin/dumpfs/dumpfs.8 b/sbin/dumpfs/dumpfs.8
index feb8758b5a15..bb8e93c3090a 100644
--- a/sbin/dumpfs/dumpfs.8
+++ b/sbin/dumpfs/dumpfs.8
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ flag is needed if the filesystem uses
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr disktab 5 ,
 .Xr fs 5 ,
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
 .Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8 ,
 .Xr tunefs 8
 .Sh HISTORY
diff --git a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
index fcab1339782c..6894ab9f52e9 100644
--- a/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
+++ b/sbin/fdisk/fdisk.8
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ The
 utility can be used to divide space on the disk into slices and set one
 active.
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Bf -symbolic
+This command is obsolete.
+Users are advised to use
+.Xr gpart 8
+instead.
+.Ef
+.Pp
 The
 .Fx
 utility,
diff --git a/sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8 b/sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8
index d3c8e9f4ff05..4bf5cdd1cb18 100644
--- a/sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8
+++ b/sbin/ffsinfo/ffsinfo.8
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ to
 .Pa /var/tmp/ffsinfo
 with all available information.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
 .Xr dumpfs 8 ,
 .Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr growfs 8 ,
 .Xr gvinum 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8 ,
diff --git a/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 b/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8
index 264532721531..6818d7bb9513 100644
--- a/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ mount /dev/md1.nop /mnt
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr md 4 ,
 .Xr ffs 7 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr mdmfs 8 ,
 .Xr malloc 9
 .Sh HISTORY
diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index a4067e940862..f261bb01a632 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ on file systems that contain many small files.
 .Xr geom 4 ,
 .Xr disktab 5 ,
 .Xr fs 5 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
 .Xr camcontrol 8 ,
 .Xr dump 8 ,
 .Xr dumpfs 8 ,
 .Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr gjournal 8 ,
 .Xr growfs 8 ,
 .Xr gvinum 8 ,
diff --git a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
index 0f1abb4e5cd5..967e1513556e 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
@@ -228,9 +228,7 @@ Create a 30MB image file, with the FAT partition starting
 newfs_msdos -C 30M -@63s ./somefile
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr disktab 5 ,
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
diff --git a/sbin/newfs_nandfs/newfs_nandfs.8 b/sbin/newfs_nandfs/newfs_nandfs.8
index 7a630bbbf89e..fe3216394109 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs_nandfs/newfs_nandfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs_nandfs/newfs_nandfs.8
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ Create a file system, using default parameters, on
 newfs_nandfs /dev/ada0s1
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr disktab 5 ,
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr newfs 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
index 690dfcd436e2..71fa8e01f133 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@ requirement has not been adhered to.
 .Xr make.conf 5 ,
 .Xr ttys 5 ,
 .Xr boot0cfg 8 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
 .Xr btxld 8 ,
 .Xr config 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr gptboot 8 ,
 .Xr halt 8 ,
 .Xr loader 8 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man4/da.4 b/share/man/man4/da.4
index 7d6f83b48f15..b5aaa298a767 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/da.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/da.4
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ None.
 .Xr ada 4 ,
 .Xr cam 4 ,
 .Xr geom 4 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8
+.Xr gpart 8
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
diff --git a/share/man/man4/md.4 b/share/man/man4/md.4
index af91e58eaa2c..477465fe9d38 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/md.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/md.4
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ disk found in the
 man page.
 Other tools will also create these images, such as NanoBSD.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr disklabel 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr loader 8 ,
 .Xr mdconfig 8 ,
 .Xr mdmfs 8 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vpo.4 b/share/man/man4/vpo.4
index 722a18ff53a4..925dadf26ae5 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vpo.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vpo.4
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ When mounting a DOS file system or
 formatting a
 .Fx
 file system, check the slice of the disk with the
-.Xr fdisk 8
+.Xr gpart 8
 utility.
 .Pp
 In order to unixify a ZIP disk, put the following in /etc/disktab:
diff --git a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 b/share/man/man7/tuning.7
index 12b03c2b248e..4af2ef213b4f 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/tuning.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/tuning.7
@@ -753,10 +753,10 @@ over services you export from your box (web services, email).
 .Xr ports 7 ,
 .Xr boot 8 ,
 .Xr bsdinstall 8 ,
-.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
 .Xr ccdconfig 8 ,
 .Xr config 8 ,
 .Xr fsck 8 ,
+.Xr gpart 8 ,
 .Xr gjournal 8 ,
 .Xr gstripe 8 ,
 .Xr gvinum 8 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man8/picobsd.8 b/share/man/man8/picobsd.8
index 4d4daa1020b9..3113a0c0fb71 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/picobsd.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/picobsd.8
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ third form, replacing
 .Ar NN
 with the actual start of the partition
 (which you can determine using
-.Xr fdisk 8 ) .
+.Xr gpart 8 ) .
 Note that after saving the image to the slice, it will not yet be
 recognised.
 You have to use the
diff --git a/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8 b/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8
index 9e413c0a6114..bf0d35d489a6 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8
@@ -180,14 +180,13 @@ To enable just slices 1 and 3 in the menu:
 .Dl "boot0cfg -m 0x5 ada0"
 .Pp
 To go back to non-interactive booting, use
-.Xr fdisk 8
+.Xr gpart 8
 to install the default MBR:
 .Pp
-.Dl "fdisk -B ada0"
+.Dl "gpart bootcode -b /boot/mbr ada0"
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr geom 4 ,
 .Xr boot 8 ,
-.Xr fdisk 8 ,
 .Xr gpart 8
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An Robert Nordier Aq Mt rnordier@FreeBSD.org