diff -ur cvs-parted/doc/parted.8 parted-fresh/doc/parted.8 --- cvs-parted/doc/parted.8 2005-03-05 03:03:00.000000000 +0100 +++ parted-fresh/doc/parted.8 2005-04-04 16:39:43.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- +.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) @@ -29,98 +29,103 @@ .B parted is a disk partitioning and partition resizing program. It allows you to create, destroy, resize, move and copy ext2, ext3, linux-swap, FAT and FAT32 -partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, +partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganising disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B -h, --help -displays a help message. +Display a help message. .TP .B -i, --interactive -where necessary, prompts for user intervention. +Where necessary, prompt for user intervention. .TP .B -s, --script -never prompts for user intervention. +Never prompt for user intervention. .TP .B -v, --version -displays the version. +Display the version. .SH COMMANDS .TP .B [device] -The block device to partition. +The block device to be partitioned; if none is specified, \fBparted\fP will +try to guess it. .TP .B [command [options]] -Specifies a command to parted. If no command is given, parted will give you -a command prompt. Commands are: +The command to be executed; if no command is given, \fBparted\fP will give you +a command prompt. Possible commands are: .RS .TP .B check \fIpartition\fP -does a simple check on \fIpartition\fP. +Do a simple check on \fIpartition\fP. \fIpartition\fP is a number. .TP .B cp \fI[source-device]\fP \fIsource\fP \fIdest\fP -copies the \fIsource\fP partition's filesystem on \fIsource-device\fP (or the +Copy the \fIsource\fP partition's file system on \fIsource-device\fP (or the current device if no other device was specified) to the \fIdest\fP partition -on the current device. +on the current device. \fIsource\fP and \fIdest\fP are numbers. .TP .B help \fI[command]\fP -prints general help, or help on \fIcommand\fP if specified. +Print general help, or help on \fIcommand\fP if specified. .TP .B mkfs \fIpartition\fP \fIfs-type\fP -make a filesystem \fIfs-type\fP on \fIpartition\fP. \fIfs-type\fP can be one +Make an \fIfs-type\fP file system on \fIpartition\fP. \fIfs-type\fP can be one of "FAT", "ext2" or "linux-swap". .TP .B mklabel \fIlabel-type\fP -Creates a new disklabel (partition table) of \fIlabel-type\fP. +Create a new disk label (containing a blank partition table) of \fIlabel-type\fP. \fIlabel-type\fP should be one of "bsd", "dvh", "gpt", "loop", "mac", "msdos", "pc98" or "sun". .TP .B mkpart \fIpart-type\fP \fI[fs-type]\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP -make a \fIpart-type\fP partition with filesystem \fIfs-type\fP (if specified), -beginning at \fIstart\fP and ending at \fIend\fP (in megabytes). -\fIpart-type\fP should be one of "primary", "logical" or "extended" +Make a \fIpart-type\fP partition with an \fIfs-type\fP file system +(if specified), beginning at \fIstart\fP and ending at \fIend\fP. +\fIpart-type\fP should be one of "primary", "logical" or "extended". +\fIstart\fP and \fIend\fP are in megabytes. .TP .B mkpartfs \fIpart-type\fP \fIfs-type\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP -make a \fIpart-type\fP partition with filesystem \fIfs-type\fP beginning at -\fIstart\fP and ending at \fIend\fP (in megabytes) +Make a \fIpart-type\fP partition with an \fIfs-type\fP file system beginning at +\fIstart\fP and ending at \fIend\fP. .TP .B move \fIpartition\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP -move \fIpartition\fP to start at \fIstart\fP and end at \fIend\fP. Note: move -never changes the minor number +Move \fIpartition\fP to start at \fIstart\fP and end at \fIend\fP. +Note: \fBmove\fP never changes the number of the partition. .TP .B name \fIpartition\fP \fIname\fP -set the name of \fIpartition\fP to \fIname\fP. This option works only on Mac -and PC98 disklabels. The name can be placed in quotes, if necessary +Set the name of \fIpartition\fP to \fIname\fP. This option works only on Mac +and PC98 disklabels. The name can be placed in quotes, if necessary. .TP .B print -displays the partition table +Display the current partition table. .TP .B quit -exits parted +Exit from \fBparted\fP. +.TP +.B rescue \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP +Try to rescue a lost partition starting near \fIstart\fP and ending near +\fIend\fP. .TP .B resize \fIpartition\fP \fIstart\fP \fIend\fP -resize the filesystem on \fIpartition\fP to start at \fIstart\fP and end at -\fIend\fP megabytes +Resize the file system on \fIpartition\fP to start at \fIstart\fP and end at +\fIend\fP. .TP .B rm \fIpartition\fP -deletes \fIpartition\fP +Delete \fIpartition\fP. .TP .B select \fIdevice\fP -choose \fIdevice\fP as the current device to edit. \fIdevice\fP should usually -be a Linux hard disk device, but it can be a partition, software raid device or -a LVM logical volume if that is necessary +Choose \fIdevice\fP as the current device to edit. \fIdevice\fP should usually +be a Linux hard disk device, but it can be a partition, software raid device, or +a LVM logical volume if that is necessary. .TP .B set \fIpartition\fP \fIflag\fP \fIstate\fP -change the state of the \fIflag\fP on \fIpartition\fP to \fIstate\fP. Flags -supported are: "boot", "root", "swap", "hidden", "raid", "lvm", "lba" and -"palo". -\fIstate\fP should be either "on" or "off" +Change the state of \fIflag\fP on \fIpartition\fP to \fIstate\fP. Supported +flags are: "boot", "root", "swap", "hidden", "raid", "lvm", "lba" and "palo". +\fIstate\fP should be either "on" or "off". .RE .SH REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to .SH SEE ALSO .BR fdisk (8), -.BR mkfs (8), -The \fIparted\fP program is documented fully in the +.BR mkfs (8); +the \fBparted\fP program is documented fully in the .IR "GNU partitioning software" manual available via the Info system. .SH AUTHOR