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authorRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2001-03-09 20:33:35 +0000
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2001-03-09 20:33:35 +0000
commit116674acc97ba75a720329996877077d988443a2 (patch)
tree6a3f2ff0b612ae2ee8a3f3509370c9e6333a53b3 /arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8
parent71118c319fcae4a138f16e35b4f7e0a6d53ce2ca (diff)
Merge with Linux 2.4.2.
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8')
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.828
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8 b/arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8
index b08244322..9e6a4e89e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8
+++ b/arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
.SH NAME
dasdfmt \- formatting of DSAD (ECKD) disk drives.
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBdasdfmt\fR [-tvyV] [-b \fIblockSize\fR] [\fIblockRange\fI]
- \fIdiskSpec\fR
+\fBdasdfmt\fR [-tvyLV] [-b \fIblockSize\fR] [-l \fIdiskLabel\fR] \fIdiskSpec\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBdasdfmt\fR formats a DASD (ECKD) disk drive to prepare it
for usage with Linux for S/390. \fBWARNING\fR: Incautious usage of
@@ -25,6 +24,10 @@ Increases verbosity.
Start formatting without further user-confirmation.
.TP
+\fB-L\fR
+Omit the writing of a disk label after formatting.
+
+.TP
\fB-V\fR
Print version number and exit.
@@ -35,26 +38,17 @@ and always be a power of two. Due due some limitations in the driver,
it is \fBstrongly\fR recommended to use a \fIblockSize\fR of \fI4096\fR.
.TP
-\fIblockRange\fR
-This parameter specifies the number of the first and last block to be
-formatted. If this parameter is \fBomitted\fR, formatting the \fBwhole\fR disk
-is assumed. The \fIblockRange\fR can be specified in two different formats:
-.sp
- \fB-s\fR \fIstartBlock\fR \fB-e\fR \fIendBlock\fR
-.br
-or
-.br
- \fB-r\fR \fIstartBlock\fR-\fIendBlock\fR
-.sp
-If \fIstartBlock\fR is omitted, block \fB0\fR is assumed. If
-\fIendBlock\fR is omitted, the last block of the disk is assumed.
+\fB-l\fR \fIdiskLabel\fR
+Specify the label to be written to disk after formatting. If no label is
+specified, a sensible default is used. \fIdiskLabel\fR is interpreted as
+ASCII string and is automatically converted to EBCDIC.
.TP
\fIdiskSpec\fR
This parameter specified the device to be formatted. It also can be
given in two variants:
.sp
- \fB-f\fR \fB/dev/dd\fR\fIX\fR
+ \fB-f\fR \fB/dev/dasd\fR\fIX\fR
.br
or
.br
@@ -63,7 +57,7 @@ or
The first form uses the commonly used
.SM UNIX
device notation where \fIX\fR is a single lowercase letter.
-The second form uses simply the VM vdev number.
+The second form uses simply the device number.
.SH BUGS
None so far ;-)