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diff --git a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 index 010c370dd..c7ac94171 100644 --- a/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 +++ b/disk-utils/cfdisk.8 @@ -120,18 +120,14 @@ format the partition. For example, if you were using cfdisk to make a DOS partition table entry for /dev/hda1, then (after exiting fdisk or cfdisk and rebooting Linux so that the partition table information is valid) you would use the command "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1" to zero -the first 512 bytes of the partition. -.B BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL -if you use the -.B dd -command, since a small typo can make all of the data on your disk useless. +the first 512 bytes of the partition. Note: .B BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL if you use the .B dd command, since a small typo can make all of the data on your disk useless. -For best resutls, you should always use an OS-specific partition table +For best results, you should always use an OS-specific partition table program. For example, you should make DOS partitions with the DOS FDISK program and Linux partitions with the Linux fdisk or Linux cfdisk program. |