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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-14 11:20:58 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-14 11:20:58 +0000
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Use Fx macro wherever possible.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=68716
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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ program can be used to divide space on the disk into partitions and set one
.Em active .
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
program
.Nm
serves a similar purpose to the DOS program. The first form is used to
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ The second partition overlaps the end of the first.
.Bl -tag -width "cyl, sector and head"
.It Em "sysid"
is used to label the partition.
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
reserves the
magic number 165 decimal (A5 in hex).
.It Em "start and size"
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ While the
.Fl i
flag is used to "initialize" sector 0;
it will setup the last BIOS partition to use the whole disk for
-.Bx Free ;
+.Fx ;
and make it active.
.Sh NOTES
The automatic calculation of starting cylinder etc. uses
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ that use geometry translation under the BIOS.
.Pp
If you hand craft your disk layout,
please make sure that the
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
partition starts on a cylinder boundary.
A number of decisions made later may assume this.
(This might not be necessary later.)
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ It is an error if the following is not true:
.Pp
The number of cylinders should be less than or equal to 1024, but this
is not enforced, although a warning will be output. Note that bootable
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
partitions (the "/" filesystem) must lie completely within the
first 1024 cylinders; if this is not true, booting may fail.
Non-bootable partitions do not have this restriction.
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ if one is present.
The
.Ar type
is 165 for
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
partitions. Specifying a partition type of zero is
the same as clearing the partition and marking it as unused; however,
dummy values (such as "0") must still be specified for
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ p 4 0 0 0
.Ed
.Pp
Example: to set partition 1 to a
-.Bx Free
+.Fx
partition, starting at sector 1
for 2503871 sectors (note: these numbers will be rounded upwards and
downwards to correspond to head and cylinder boundaries):
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ is used where it should actually be
in order to conform with the terms used elsewhere.
.Pp
You cannot use this command to completely dedicate a disk to
-.Bx Free .
+.Fx .
The
.Xr disklabel 8
command must be used for this.