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| author | Karel Zak | 2015-04-13 17:24:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2015-04-13 17:24:45 +0200 |
| commit | aeb9a30ba4e99bfaf33a0986562766d8480a3e4c (patch) | |
| tree | 64ad6992debbd9a73eaa9f8ff7286a2716a17d1a /disk-utils/fdisk.8 | |
| parent | sfdisk: enable bootbits protection (diff) | |
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fdisk: add --protect-boot
Now fdisk erases the begin of the device when create a new disk label, it seems
like disadvantage for some use-cases.
Reported-by: Jean-Loup 'clippix' Bogalho <clippix@lse.epita.fr>
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'disk-utils/fdisk.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | disk-utils/fdisk.8 | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 b/disk-utils/fdisk.8 index 1350d0257..fb298220e 100644 --- a/disk-utils/fdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/fdisk.8 @@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ to override the kernel's ideas.) Since util-linux-2.17, \fBfdisk\fR differentia between logical and physical sector size. This option changes both sector sizes to .IB sectorsize . .TP +\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-protect\-boot\fP +Don't erase the begin of the first disk sector when create a new disk label. This +feature is supported for GPT and MBR. +.TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-compatibility\fR[\fI=mode\fR] Specify the compatibility mode, 'dos' or 'nondos'. The default is non-DOS mode. For backward compatibility, it is possible to use the option without |