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author | srs5694 <srs5694@users.sourceforge.net> | 2011-06-26 22:40:06 -0400 |
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committer | srs5694 <srs5694@users.sourceforge.net> | 2011-06-26 22:40:06 -0400 |
commit | 00b6d7a4604e759eb3c92b3ecea608d6fe024b81 (patch) | |
tree | c47703bea8a55b25f90e9b9cc8a54cc3c51c10e9 /gdisk.8 | |
parent | 6aae2a9b70e9f88926baad94c1eea40e0b534f01 (diff) | |
download | sgdisk-00b6d7a4604e759eb3c92b3ecea608d6fe024b81.tar.gz |
0.7.2 release, includes new Linux type code & true GUID generation in
Windows
Diffstat (limited to 'gdisk.8')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" Copyright 2011 Roderick W. Smith (rodsmith@rodsbooks.com) .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License -.TH "GDISK" "8" "0.7.1" "Roderick W. Smith" "GPT fdisk Manual" +.TH "GDISK" "8" "0.7.2" "Roderick W. Smith" "GPT fdisk Manual" .SH "NAME" gdisk \- Interactive GUID partition table (GPT) manipulator .SH "SYNOPSIS" @@ -177,19 +177,19 @@ displays this information for a single partition. .TP .B l -Display a summary of partition types. GPT uses a GUID to identify -partition types for particular OSes and purposes. For ease of data entry, -\fBgdisk\fR compresses these into two\-byte (four\-digit hexadecimal) -values that are related to their equivalent MBR codes. Specifically, the -MBR code is multiplied by hexadecimal 0x0100. For instance, the code for -Linux swap space in MBR is 0x82, and it's 0x8200 in \fBgdisk\fR. -A one\-to\-one correspondence is impossible, though. Most notably, many DOS, -Windows, and Linux data partition codes correspond to a single GPT code -(entered as 0x0700 in \fBgdisk\fR). Some OSes use a single MBR code but -employ many more codes in GPT. For these, \fBgdisk\fR -adds code numbers sequentially, such as 0xa500 for a FreeBSD disklabel, -0xa501 for FreeBSD boot, 0xa502 for FreeBSD swap, and so on. Note that -these two\-byte codes are unique to \fBgdisk\fR. +Display a summary of partition types. GPT uses a GUID to identify partition +types for particular OSes and purposes. For ease of data entry, \fBgdisk\fR +compresses these into two\-byte (four\-digit hexadecimal) values that are +related to their equivalent MBR codes. Specifically, the MBR code is +multiplied by hexadecimal 0x0100. For instance, the code for Linux swap +space in MBR is 0x82, and it's 0x8200 in \fBgdisk\fR. A one\-to\-one +correspondence is impossible, though. Most notably, the codes for all +varieties of FAT and NTFS partition correspond to a single GPT code +(entered as 0x0700 in \fBsgdisk\fR). Some OSes use a single MBR code but +employ many more codes in GPT. For these, \fBgdisk\fR adds code numbers +sequentially, such as 0xa500 for a FreeBSD disklabel, 0xa501 for FreeBSD +boot, 0xa502 for FreeBSD swap, and so on. Note that these two\-byte codes +are unique to \fBgdisk\fR. .TP .B n @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ entering data. When only one option is possible, \fBgdisk\fR usually bypasses the prompt entirely. .SH "BUGS" -As of March 2011 (version 0.7.1), \fBgdisk\fR +As of June 2011 (version 0.7.2), \fBgdisk\fR should be considered beta software. Known bugs and limitations include: .TP |