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authorsrs5694 <srs5694@users.sourceforge.net>2010-05-18 23:24:02 -0400
committersrs5694 <srs5694@users.sourceforge.net>2010-05-18 23:24:02 -0400
commit9ba5421f920e192dbb808d30aa6d34849938bab4 (patch)
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parentc54e9b406255a81cca066dacf127d587b9dd36e1 (diff)
downloadsgdisk-9ba5421f920e192dbb808d30aa6d34849938bab4.tar.gz
Added some options for randomizing GUIDs and setting GUIDs via sgdisk
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@@ -69,14 +69,15 @@ compiler for C++. In addition, note these requirements:
When all the necessary development tools and libraries are installed, you
can uncompress the package and type "make" at the command prompt in the
resulting directory. (You may need to type "make -f Makefile.mac" on Mac OS
-X or "make -f Makefile.mingw" to compile using MinGW for Windows.) You may
-also need to add header (include) directories or library directories by
-setting the CXXFLAGS environment variable or by editing the Makefile. The
-result should be program files called gdisk and sgdisk. Typing "make gdisk"
-or "make sgdisk" will compile only the requested programs. You can use
-these programs in place or copy the files to a suitable directory, such as
-/usr/local/sbin. You can copy the man pages (gdisk.8 and sgdisk.8) to
-/usr/local/man/man8 to make them available.
+X, "make -f Makefile.freebsd" on FreeBSD, or "make -f Makefile.mingw" to
+compile using MinGW for Windows.) You may also need to add header (include)
+directories or library directories by setting the CXXFLAGS environment
+variable or by editing the Makefile. The result should be program files
+called gdisk and sgdisk. Typing "make gdisk" or "make sgdisk" will compile
+only the requested programs. You can use these programs in place or copy
+the files to a suitable directory, such as /usr/local/sbin. You can copy
+the man pages (gdisk.8 and sgdisk.8) to /usr/local/man/man8 to make them
+available.
Caveats
-------
@@ -93,10 +94,10 @@ RAID arrays over 2TiB in size, though.
My main development platform is a system running the 64-bit version of
Gentoo Linux (previously Ubuntu 8.04). I've also tested on 64-bit OpenSuSE,
32-bit Fedora 10, 32-bit Fedora 11, 32-bit Ubuntu 6.10, 64-bit Ubunut 9.10,
-32-bit PowerPC Debian Linux, 32-bit Intel-based Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6, and
-64-bit FreeBSD 7.1. Problems relating to 64-bit integers on the 32-bit
-Linux have been common during development and may crop up in the future.
-The Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and big-endian (PowerPC) support are new.
+32-bit PowerPC Debian Linux, 32-bit Intel-based Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6,
+64-bit FreeBSD 7.1, and Windows 7. Problems relating to 64-bit integers on
+the 32-bit Linux have been common during development and may crop up in the
+future.
Redistribution
--------------
@@ -113,8 +114,8 @@ other GPLed programs:
Krzysztof Dabrowski and ElysiuM deeZine. (See the crc32.h and
crc32.cc source code files.)
-- A function to find the disk size is taken from Linux fdisk by
- A. V. Le Blanc.
+- A function to find the disk size is taken from Linux fdisk by A. V. Le
+ Blanc. This code has subsequently been heavily modified.
Additional code contributors include: