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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" Copyright 2011 Roderick W. Smith (rodsmith@rodsbooks.com) .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License -.TH "SGDISK" "8" "0.7.1" "Roderick W. Smith" "GPT fdisk Manual" +.TH "SGDISK" "8" "0.7.2" "Roderick W. Smith" "GPT fdisk Manual" .SH "NAME" sgdisk \- Command\-line GUID partition table (GPT) manipulator for Linux and Unix .SH "SYNOPSIS" @@ -286,20 +286,20 @@ but the original disk is not recommended. .TP .B \-L, \-\-list\-types -Display a summary of partition types. GPT uses a GUID to identify -partition types for particular OSes and purposes. For ease of data entry, +Display a summary of partition types. GPT uses a GUID to identify partition +types for particular OSes and purposes. For ease of data entry, \fBsgdisk\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 +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, \fBsgdisk\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 and \fBsgdisk\fR. This -option does not require you to specify a valid disk device filename. +employ many more codes in GPT. For these, \fBsgdisk\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 and \fBsgdisk\fR. This option does not require +you to specify a valid disk device filename. .TP .B \-m, \-\-gpttombr @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ Non\-GPT disk detected and no \fI\-g\fR option .B 4 An error prevented saving changes .SH "BUGS" -As of March 2011 (version 0.7.1), \fBsgdisk\fR +As of June 2011 (version 0.7.2), \fBsgdisk\fR should be considered beta software. Known bugs and limitations include: .TP |