From: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com
Subject: Issue in man page fdisk.8
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:51:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210816165153.GA3911@Debian-50-lenny-64-minimal> (raw)
Without further ado, the following was found:
Issue: Are partitions to be marked as "volume" or "volume header"?
"An IRIX/SGI disklabel can describe 16 partitions, the eleventh of which "
"should be an entire `volume\\(aq partition, while the ninth should be "
"labeled `volume header\\(aq. The volume header will also cover the partition "
"table, i.e., it starts at block zero and extends by default over five "
"cylinders. The remaining space in the volume header may be used by header "
"directory entries. No partitions may overlap with the volume header. Also do "
"not change its type or make some filesystem on it, since you will lose the "
"partition table. Use this type of label only when working with Linux on IRIX/"
"SGI machines or IRIX/SGI disks under Linux."
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