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diff --git a/disk-utils/README.fdisk b/disk-utils/README.fdisk index 9e64508e..40f54b4b 100644 --- a/disk-utils/README.fdisk +++ b/disk-utils/README.fdisk @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Dividing up your disk It is a good idea to plan ahead before you start creating partitions on your disk. If you set aside a partition for some purpose, it is not -easy to change its size: you must all the data from the partition, +easy to change its size: you must backup all the data from the partition, whether to floppies, to another partition, to another hard disk, or somewhere else; then you must edit the table which describes this partition, so changing its size; then you must reboot and initialise @@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ display/entry units are sectors. The Verify command is useful because - 1. It warns you if anything is wrong. *Always* give a Verify command - before writing any changes to disk. + 1. It warns you if anything is wrong. *Always* do a Verify command + to check your work before writing any changes to disk. 2. It reports how many unallocated sectors there are on the disk. @@ -369,20 +369,22 @@ unless there are sectors available inside the extended partition. If space is available, you are prompted for the first cylinder: - First sector (237-977): _ + First sector ([237]-977): _ The limits are the lowest and the highest cylinders in which sectors -are available in the appropriate part of the disk. Not all numbers in +are available in the appropriate part of the disk. The square-bracketed +number is what you'll get if you simply press enter. Not all numbers in this range are necessarily available: they may fall inside an existing partition. If you select a cylinder which is already in use, you are told off and prompted again for the first cylinder. After selecting the first cylinder, you are prompted again: - Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (237-836): _ + Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (237-[836]): _ The limits are the cylinder you have chosen as the first cylinder, and the highest cylinder which contains a legitimate upper boundary for -the new partition. In other words, all numbers in the given range are +the new partition. The square-bracketed number is what you'll get if +you simply press enter. In other words, all numbers in the given range are legitimate, unlike those in the first range of cylinders. You may also specify the size of a partition in megabytes, kilobytes, or in the current units (cylinders or sectors). A plus sign `+' indicates that @@ -395,7 +397,7 @@ possible answers to the last cylinder request above are Make cylinder 700 the last cylinder in the partition. +300 - Make cylinder 537 the last cylinder in the partition. + Make cylinder 237 + 300 = 537 the last cylinder in the partition. +15m Make the partition at least 15 megabytes in size. @@ -404,7 +406,7 @@ possible answers to the last cylinder request above are Make the partition at least 12,500 kilobytes in size. If you specify a size which is too large or an end which is out of -range, the prompt is simply repeated. +range, fdisk complains and repeats the prompt. Adding or deleting partitions has no effect unless you subsequently give the Write command. Please remember to give the Verify command @@ -544,7 +546,7 @@ Warnings for `fdisk' users In general, you should not use this `fdisk' program to create partitions for other operating systems, only for Linux. Nor should you -use `fdisk' commands from other operating systems do create partitions +use `fdisk' commands from other operating systems to create partitions for Linux. DR-DOS 5.0 and 6.0 are reported to have difficulties with partition |