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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/COHERENT/fdisk, revision 1.1

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        !             3: fdisk                        Command                        fdisk
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        !             8: Hard-disk partitioning utility
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        !            10: /eettcc/ffddiisskk [-rr] [-cc] [-bb _m_b_o_o_t] _x_d_e_v
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        !            12: The command ffddiisskk  supports flexible hard-disk partitioning among
        !            13: various  operating  systems  (e.g.  MS-DOS, CP/M,  COHERENT,  and
        !            14: XENIX).  This capability  means that up to four operating systems
        !            15: can  be  supported  on  one  hard  disk.   ffddiisskk  recognizes  the
        !            16: following flags:
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        !            18: -rr Read-only access to partitioning information.
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        !            20: -bb Use  the first  446  bytes of  _m_b_o_o_t  as master  boot code  to
        !            21:    replace that in _x_d_e_v.
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        !            23: -cc Allow  the specification  of  disk geometry  (i.e., number  of
        !            24:    cylinders,  heads,  sectors)  for  disk  drives that  are  not
        !            25:    supported by the system BIOS.
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        !            27: ffddiisskk  accesses the  first  block from  the  special device  _x_d_e_v
        !            28: (e.g., /dev/at0x)  for the partitioning  information.  ffddiisskk then
        !            29: queries the user for  changes.  These changes are written to _x_d_e_v
        !            30: only if  the user requests the changes to  be saved.  If omitted,
        !            31: _x_d_e_v defaults to  /ddeevv/aatt00xx and /ddeevv/aatt11xx. SCSI disk device users
        !            32: will  need  to specify  _x_d_e_v  as  /ddeevv/ssdd_nxx where  _n  is a  digit
        !            33: corresponding  to  the   SCSI  ID  for  the  disk  device  (e.g.,
        !            34: /ddeevv/ssdd00xx).
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        !            36: ***** Files *****
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        !            38: <ffddiisskk.hh>
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        !            40: ***** See Also *****
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        !            42: ccoommmmaannddss
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        !            44: ***** NNootteess *****
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        !            46: IIff tthhee ppaarrttiittiioonn ttaabbllee iiss cchhaannggeedd, tthhee ssyysstteemm sshhoouulldd bbee rreebbooootteedd;
        !            47: mmoosstt  ddeevviiccee ddrriivveerrss  wwiillll  nnoott rreeccooggnniizzee  tthhee rreevviisseedd  ppaarrttiittiioonn
        !            48: iinnffoorrmmaattiioonn uunnttiill aa rreebboooott ooccccuurrss.
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        !            50: AAss tthhee  -rr and  -bb options  are contradictory, attempting  to use
        !            51: them together generates an error message.
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        !            53: Please  note that  some  versions of  ffddiisskk  for other  operating
        !            54: systems  can rearrange  the  order of  entries  in the  partition
        !            55: table.  If this happens, you may lose the ability to run COHERENT
        !            56: until the  table is  restored to its  previous order.  A  sign of
        !            57: this problem is getting the  prompt AATT bboooott? when trying to start
        !            58: COHERENT after  running any ffddiisskk program, and  not being able to
        !            59: get past it.
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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        !            69: fdisk                        Command                        fdisk
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        !            73: Computer  systems  that   use  older  BIOS  releases  may  report
        !            74: incorrect disk  parameters.  Users of such  systems should change
        !            75: the CMOS  setup values  if possible, but  the BIOS on  some older
        !            76: systems will  not allow you to specify  arbitrary values for disk
        !            77: parameters.  Users with such  systems can use the ffddiisskk -cc option
        !            78: instead.
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        !            80: If you  plan to install and  run COHERENT and MS-DOS  on the same
        !            81: hard disk, note the following:
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        !            83: ->   If you wish to install  COHERENT and MS-DOS on the same hard
        !            84:      drive, you _m_u_s_t run the MS-DOS ffddiisskk first!
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        !            86: ->   If  you plan  on running  both  operating systems,  you _m_u_s_t
        !            87:      install MS-DOS  first and leave  some free cylinders  on the
        !            88:      disk for COHERENT as well as a free partition.  You can have
        !            89:      both primary  as well as  extended MS-DOS partitions  on the
        !            90:      same  drive as  COHERENT,  but COHERENT  cannot  use a  sub-
        !            91:      partition of  the MS-DOS extended  partition.  COHERENT must
        !            92:      have one of the four _r_e_a_l partitions.
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        !            94: _F_a_i_l_u_r_e _t_o _o_b_s_e_r_v_e _t_h_e_s_e _r_u_l_e_s _w_i_l_l _r_e_s_u_l_t _i_n _l_o_s_s _o_f _d_a_t_a
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