From c90a8f499c2c33711e99dfb324f2c7545255ad68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Curtis Gedak Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:04:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update help manual with additional partition flags (#776002) Also clarify legacy GRUB section regarding install to MBR or to partition. Bug 776002 - Update help with additional partition flags --- help/C/gparted.xml | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/help/C/gparted.xml b/help/C/gparted.xml index 67112312..f4824479 100644 --- a/help/C/gparted.xml +++ b/help/C/gparted.xml @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ - - + + + + + &appname; Manual V1.10 + December 2016 + + Curtis Gedak + &appname; Project + Describes version 0.27.0 of &appname; + + &appname; Manual V1.9 March 2015 @@ -2042,6 +2051,15 @@ diagnostics / recovery. + + + ESP indicates an EFI System Partition used to boot + computers with the Unified Extensible Firmware + Interface (UEFI) class 2 that includes compatibility + support for BIOS functions including the MBR partition + structure. + + Hidden is used by some commercial operating systems. @@ -2049,6 +2067,12 @@ operating system. + + + Irst identifies an Intel Rapid Start Technology + partition. + + LBA is used by some commercial operating system @@ -2074,7 +2098,7 @@ Prep is used to indicate the boot partition - on Power Performance Computing (PowerPC) hardware. + on Power Performance Computing (PowerPC) hardware. @@ -2117,6 +2141,14 @@ or recovery. + + + ESP indicates an EFI System Partition used to boot + computers with Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) + class 1 or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface + (UEFI) class 2 or UEFI class 3. + + Hidden is used by some commercial operating systems. @@ -2130,6 +2162,12 @@ service partition. + + + Irst identifies an Intel Rapid Start Technology + partition. + + Legacy_boot is used by some special purpose software @@ -2142,12 +2180,24 @@ Volume Manager (LVM). + + + Msftdata identifies partitions that contain Microsoft + file systems such as NTFS or FAT. + + Msftres is used to indicate a Microsoft Reserved partition. + + + Prep is used to indicate the boot partition + on Power Performance Computing (PowerPC) hardware. + + RAID indicates the partition is used in a Redundant @@ -2746,15 +2796,22 @@ Set the grub root device by specifying the device returned by the - find command. + find command. This should be the + partition containing the boot directory. grub> root (hd0,0) - Reinstall grub by specifying - the device returned by the find - command. + Reinstall the grub boot + loader into the Master Boot Record (MBR) with: + grub> setup (hd0) + + + If you want to install the + grub boat loader into the + boot sector of a partition, instead specify a partition + with: grub> setup (hd0,0)