Bug 84849

Summary: [patch] fdisk(8) manpage doesn't warn fdisk doesn't read disk
Product: Documentation Reporter: Gary W. Swearingen <garys>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description Gary W. Swearingen 2005-08-12 20:00:29 UTC 
The fdisk(8) manpage doesn't warn that fdisk doesn't read the disk,
but instead uses "in-core disklabel".

Fix: Put a warning in the BUGS section.
How-To-Repeat: n/a
Comment 1 ru freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-10-13 16:17:35 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

fdisk(8) does read the disk to read the slice table; it only 
doesn't use the disk to determine certain parameters such as 
the number of cylinders, heads, and sectors/track.  These 
parameters don't change if you write to sector 0 of the disk.