From 331ad9c795e4db7d09e8141979f809e4f5815319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rod Smith Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 15:23:02 -0400 Subject: Add ability to reverse byte order of partition names to gdisk and sgdisk --- gdisk.8 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'gdisk.8') diff --git a/gdisk.8 b/gdisk.8 index 85b69cb..7f7a949 100644 --- a/gdisk.8 +++ b/gdisk.8 @@ -419,6 +419,14 @@ set features for each partition. \fBgdisk\fR supports four attributes: aren't translated into anything useful. In practice, most OSes seem to ignore these attributes. +.TP +.B b +Swap the byte order for the name of the specified partition. Some +partitioning tools, including GPT fdisk 1.0.7 and earlier, can write the +partition name in the wrong byte order on big-endian computers, such as the +IBM s390 mainframes and PowerPC-based Macs. This feature corrects this +problem. + .TP .B c Change partition GUID. You can enter a custom unique GUID for a partition -- cgit v1.2.1