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Update the manpage to reflect reality:
o The BSD, PC98 and VTOC8 schemes are supported. o The bootcode command was added to allow installing bootstrap code into the scheme's metadata.
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.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Marcel Moolenaar
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.\" Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Marcel Moolenaar
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd Oct 20, 2007
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.Dd Jun 5, 2008
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.Dt GPART 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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lines in your kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "options GEOM_PART_APM"
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.Cd "options GEOM_PART_BSD"
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.Cd "options GEOM_PART_GPT"
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.Cd "options GEOM_PART_MBR"
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.Cd "options GEOM_PART_PC98"
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.Cd "options GEOM_PART_VTOC8"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The GEOM_PART_APM option adds support for the Apple Partition Map (APM)
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found on Apple Macintosh computers.
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The GEOM_PART_BSD option adds support for the traditional BSD disklabel.
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The GEOM_PART_GPT option adds support for the GUID Partition Table (GPT)
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found on Intel Itanium computers and Intel-based Macintosh computers.
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The GEOM_PART_MBR option adds support for the Master Boot Record (MBR)
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found on PCs and used on many removable media.
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The GEOM_PART_PC98 option adds support for the MBR variant as used on
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NEC PC-98 computers.
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The GEOM_PART_VTOC8 option adds support for Sun's SMI VTOC8 label as
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found on UltraSPARC-based computers.
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.Pp
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Usage of the
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.Xr gpart 8
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.Op Fl l Ar label
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.Op Fl f Ar flags
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.Ar geom
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.\" ==== BOOTCODE ====
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.Nm
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.Cm bootcode
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.Fl b Ar bootcode
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.Op Fl f Ar flags
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.Ar geom
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.\" ==== COMMIT ====
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.Nm
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.Cm commit
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Partition types are discussed in the section entitled "Partition Types".
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.Pp
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Addition options include:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl w Ar wwwwwww"
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl w Ar wwwwwwww"
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.It Fl i Ar index
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The index in the partition table at which the new partition is to be
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placed. The index determines the name of the device special file used
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See the section entitled "Operational flags" below for a discussion
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about its use.
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.El
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.\" ==== BOOTCODE ====
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.It Cm bootcode
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Install bootstrap code into the partitioning scheme's metadata on
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.Ar geom .
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Not all partitioning schemes have bootstrap code, so this command
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is scheme-specific in nature.
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For the GPT scheme, bootstrap code is supported but it is the boostrap
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code that's installed in the protective MBR.
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The
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.Fl b Ar bootcode
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option specifies a file that contains the bootstrap code.
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The contents and size of the file are determined by the partitioning
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scheme.
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For the MBR scheme, it's a 512 byte file of which the first 446 bytes
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are installed as bootstrap code.
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.\" ==== COMMIT ====
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.It Cm commit
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Commit any pending changes for geom
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