util-linux/util-linux-2.12a-16415-rdevman.patch
cvsdist 9791b03943 auto-import changelog data from util-linux-2.12a-6.src.rpm
Tue Aug 31 2004 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com> 2.12a-6
- Fix #16415, #70616 with rdevman.patch
- Fix #102566 with loginman.patch
- Fix #104321 with rescuept.patch (just use plain lseek - we're in
    _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 land now)
- Fix #130016 - remove raw.
- Re-add agetty (replacing it with mgetty is too much pain, and mgetty is
    much larger)
Thu Aug 26 2004 Steve Dickson <SteveD@RedHat.com>
- Made the NFS security checks more explicit to avoid confusion (an
    upstream fix)
- Also removed a compilation warning
Wed Aug 11 2004 Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
- Remove unused mount libdevmapper inclusion.
Wed Aug 11 2004 Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
- Add device-mapper mount-by-label support
- Fix segfault in mount-by-label when a device without a label is present.
Wed Aug 11 2004 Steve Dickson <SteveD@RedHat.com>
- Updated nfs man page to show that intr are on by default for nfs4
Thu Aug 05 2004 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com>
- modified warning causing heart attack for >16 partitions, #107824
Fri Jul 09 2004 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com> 2.12a-3
- Fix #126623, #126572
- Patch cleanup
- Remove agetty (use mgetty, agetty is broken)
2004-09-13 20:58:40 +00:00

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--- util-linux-2.12a/fdisk/fdisk.8.sopwith 2004-08-20 14:46:47.062722632 -0400
+++ util-linux-2.12a/fdisk/fdisk.8 2004-08-20 14:47:12.496816302 -0400
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@
this extra information even if the /U flag is given -- we consider
this a bug in DOS FORMAT and DOS FDISK.
-The bottom line is that if you use cfdisk or fdisk to change the size of a
+The bottom line is that if you use fdisk to change the size of a
DOS partition table entry, then you must also use
.B dd
to zero the first 512 bytes of that partition before using DOS FORMAT to
-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
+format the partition. For example, if you were using disk to make a DOS
+partition table entry for /dev/hda1, then (after exiting fdisk
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.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
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.
+program and Linux partitions with the Linux fdisk program.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@
.\" Andreas Neuper (ANeuper@GUUG.de)
.\" and many others.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR cfdisk (8),
.BR mkfs (8),
.BR parted (8),
.BR sfdisk (8)
--- util-linux-2.12a/sys-utils/rdev.8.sopwith 2004-08-20 11:35:56.740842004 -0400
+++ util-linux-2.12a/sys-utils/rdev.8 2004-08-20 11:38:38.291622818 -0400
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
.B ramsize
command, the
.B size
-parameter specifies the size of the RAM disk in kilobytes.
+parameter specifies the size of the RAM disk in kilobytes. 2.0.x kernels and newer dynamically allocate the ramdisk
+and do not need this setting.
For the
.B rootflags
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@
.B rdev
to act like
.BR ramsize .
+(Not relevant for 2.0.x and newer kernels.)
.TP
.B \-R
Causes