--- src/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 2004/08/06 22:49:41 1.5 +++ src/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 2006/02/10 19:01:09 1.6 @@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ addition, .Nm can install bootstrap code. .Ss Raw or in-core label -.Pp The disk label resides close to or at the beginning of each disk slice. For faster access, the kernel maintains a copy in core at all times. By default, most forms of the @@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ must be used when first installing a lab is described under each command. .Pp .Ss Disk device name -.Pp All .Nm forms require a disk device name, which should always be the raw @@ -145,7 +143,6 @@ The .Nm utility will automatically prepend it. .Ss Reading the disk label -.Pp To examine the label on a disk drive, use .Nm without options: @@ -174,7 +171,6 @@ reads the label from the raw disk and di identical except in the case where a label has not yet been initialized or is corrupt. .Ss Writing a standard label -.Pp To write a standard label, use the form .Pp .Nm @@ -263,7 +259,6 @@ Installing a new disklabel does not in o a kernel using that label. You must also install boot blocks, which is described later on in this manual page. .Ss Editing an existing disk label -.Pp To edit an existing disk label, use the form .Pp .Nm @@ -289,7 +284,6 @@ is specified, no data will be written to disklabel that would have been written will be printed to stdout. This is useful to see how a partitioning scheme will work out for a specific disk. .Ss Restoring a disk label from a file -.Pp To restore a disk label from a file, use the form .Pp .Nm @@ -314,7 +308,6 @@ is used, no data will be written to the disklabel that would have been written will be printed to stdout. This is useful to see how a partitioning scheme will work out for a specific disk. .Ss Enabling and disabling writing to the disk label area -.Pp By default, it is not possible to write to the disk label area at the beginning of a disk. The disk driver arranges for .Xr write 2 @@ -335,7 +328,6 @@ command .Fl N .Ar disk .Ss Installing bootstraps -.Pp The final three forms of .Nm are used to install bootstrap code. If you are creating a @@ -457,7 +449,6 @@ for the standard stage1 and stage2 boot on architectures like the Alpha, where only a single-stage boot is used). .El .Ss Initializing/Formatting a bootable disk from scratch -.Pp To initialize a disk from scratch the following sequence is recommended. Please note that this will wipe everything that was previously on the disk, including any