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author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2001-03-09 20:33:35 +0000 |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2001-03-09 20:33:35 +0000 |
commit | 116674acc97ba75a720329996877077d988443a2 (patch) | |
tree | 6a3f2ff0b612ae2ee8a3f3509370c9e6333a53b3 /arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8 | |
parent | 71118c319fcae4a138f16e35b4f7e0a6d53ce2ca (diff) |
Merge with Linux 2.4.2.
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8 | 28 |
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 ;-) |