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authorKarel Zak2010-06-15 13:13:05 +0200
committerKarel Zak2010-06-15 13:13:05 +0200
commit0b1f769f281ac2feb21b8a52af3fe999922c8833 (patch)
tree8696910bae2fa8dc953ba1cb72b30675b1a66066 /fdisk
parentlscpu: fix typo, "faild" to "failed" (diff)
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fdisk: disable DOS mode and cylinders by default
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fdisk')
-rw-r--r--fdisk/fdisk.84
-rw-r--r--fdisk/fdisk.c22
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fdisk/fdisk.8 b/fdisk/fdisk.8
index 30dc9678a..bd94a020d 100644
--- a/fdisk/fdisk.8
+++ b/fdisk/fdisk.8
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ between logical and physical sector size. This option changes both sector sizes
Print help and then exit.
.TP
.BI \-c
-Switch off DOS-compatible mode. (Recommended)
+Switch off DOS-compatible mode. (Default)
.TP
.BI "\-C " cyls
Specify the number of cylinders of the disk.
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ If no devices are given, those mentioned in
.TP
.B \-u
When listing partition tables, give sizes in sectors instead
-of cylinders.
+of cylinders. (Default)
.TP
.BI "\-s " partition
The
diff --git a/fdisk/fdisk.c b/fdisk/fdisk.c
index 26bc19e1a..f1392e7b6 100644
--- a/fdisk/fdisk.c
+++ b/fdisk/fdisk.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int fd, /* the disk */
ext_index, /* the prime extended partition */
listing = 0, /* no aborts for fdisk -l */
nowarn = 0, /* no warnings for fdisk -l/-s */
- dos_compatible_flag = ~0,
+ dos_compatible_flag = 0, /* disabled by default */
dos_changed = 0,
partitions = 4; /* maximum partition + 1 */
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ unsigned int heads,
sector_factor = 1,
user_set_sector_size = 0,
units_per_sector = 1,
- display_in_cyl_units = 1;
+ display_in_cyl_units = 0;
unsigned long long total_number_of_sectors; /* (!) 512-byte sectors */
unsigned long grain = DEFAULT_SECTOR_SIZE,
@@ -259,14 +259,14 @@ void fatal(enum failure why) {
" fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s)\n"
" fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks\n"
"\nOptions:\n"
-" -b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)\n"
-" -c switch off DOS-compatible mode\n"
-" -h print this help text\n"
-" -u show sizes in sectors instead of cylinders\n"
-" -v print program version\n"
-" -C <number> specify the number of cylinders\n"
-" -H <number> specify the number of heads\n"
-" -S <number> specify the number of sectors per track\n"
+" -b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)\n"
+" -c switch off DOS-compatible mode (default)\n"
+" -h print this help text\n"
+" -u show sizes in sectors instead of cylinders (default)\n"
+" -v print program version\n"
+" -C <number> specify the number of cylinders\n"
+" -H <number> specify the number of heads\n"
+" -S <number> specify the number of sectors per track\n"
"\n");
break;
case unable_to_open:
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ void update_units(void)
if (display_in_cyl_units && cyl_units)
units_per_sector = cyl_units;
else
- units_per_sector = 1; /* in sectors */
+ units_per_sector = 1; /* in sectors */
}
static void