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[src/trunk]: src/sbin/disklabel mention that we don't handle more than 2TB di...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/4e4f19e5c829
branches:  trunk
changeset: 767637:4e4f19e5c829
user:      christos <christos%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Jul 25 16:31:05 2011 +0000

description:
mention that we don't handle more than 2TB disks/partitions.

diffstat:

 sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8 |  15 +++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (40 lines):

diff -r 2d88ce80b693 -r 4e4f19e5c829 sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8
--- a/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8        Mon Jul 25 16:06:58 2011 +0000
+++ b/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8        Mon Jul 25 16:31:05 2011 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.62 2009/11/28 10:28:22 abs Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.63 2011/07/25 16:31:05 christos Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"    @(#)disklabel.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
 .\"
-.Dd November 28, 2009
+.Dd July 25, 2011
 .Dt DISKLABEL 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -293,10 +293,21 @@
 .Xr disktab 5 ,
 .Xr dkctl 8 ,
 .Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr gpt 8 ,
 .Xr installboot 8 ,
 .Xr mbrlabel 8 ,
 .Xr mscdlabel 8
 .Sh BUGS
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+structure stored on disk cannot support partitions/disks greater than 2TB.
+Please use
+.Xr gpt 8 ,
+and
+.Xr dkctl 8
+to manage partitions and disks larger than 2TB.
+.Pp
 If the disk partition is not specified in the disk name
 (i.e.,
 .Ar xy0



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