Date: 08 Feb 2003 17:52:38 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/48104: disktab(1) manpage omits b0 and b1, etc. Message-ID: <0qlm0qb4pl.m0q@localhost.localdomain>
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>Number: 48104 >Category: docs >Synopsis: disktab(1) manpage omits b0 and b1, etc. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Feb 08 18:00:25 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >Release: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: n/a ================ >Description: 1) The manpage omits descriptions of b0 and b1 fields. 2) The manpage uses "entry" to refer to both "entry" and "field". 3) The entry field column heading "Name" can be confused with an entry's "Name" field. 4) Some description could be improved. ================ >How-To-Repeat: n/a ================ >Fix: Patch base on .\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/disktab.5,v 1.4.2.5 2001/12/17 11:30:13 ru Exp $ --- /pr/work/disktab..orig.5 Sat Feb 8 16:40:14 2003 +++ /pr/work/disktab.5 Sat Feb 8 17:14:53 2003 @@ -54,16 +54,15 @@ .Xr termcap 5 terminal data base. Entries in .Nm -consist of a number of `:' separated fields. The -first entry for each disk gives the names which are -known for the disk, separated by `|' characters. The +consist of a number of `:'-separated fields. The +first field for each entry gives the names by which a +disk's entry may be selected, separated by `|' characters. The last name given should be a long name fully identifying the disk. .Pp -The following list indicates the normal values -stored for each disk entry. +The optional fields for each entry are: .Bl -column "indent" "boolx" -.It Sy "Name Type Description" +.It Sy "ID Type Description" .It "\&ty str Type of disk (e.g. removable, winchester)" .It "\&dt str Type of controller (e.g." .Tn SMD , ESDI , @@ -86,6 +85,8 @@ .It "\&d[0-4] num Drive-type-dependent parameters" .It "\&bs num Boot block size, default" .Dv BBSIZE +.It "\&b[0-1] num Boot block filenames; see" +.Xr disklabel 8 .It "\&sb num Superblock size, default" .Dv SBSIZE .It "\&ba num Block size for partition `a' (bytes)" >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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