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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/COHERENT/fdisk, revision 1.1.1.1

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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
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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
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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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