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1 | .TH DISKPART 8 "26 February 1983" |
| 2 | .UC 4 | |
| 3 | .SH NAME | |
| 4 | diskpart \- calculate default disk partition sizes | |
| 5 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 6 | .B diskpart | |
| 7 | [ | |
| 8 | .B \-p | |
| 9 | ] [ | |
| 10 | .B \-d | |
| 11 | ] | |
| 12 | disk-type | |
| 13 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 14 | .I Diskpart | |
| 15 | is used to calculate the disk partition sizes based on the | |
| 16 | default rules used at Berkeley. If the | |
| 17 | .B \-p | |
| 18 | option is supplied, tables suitable for inclusion in a device driver | |
| 19 | are produced. If the | |
| 20 | .B \-d | |
| 21 | option is supplied, an entry suitable for inclusion in the disk | |
| 22 | description file | |
| 23 | .I /etc/disktab | |
| 24 | is generated; c.f. | |
| 25 | .IR disktab (5). | |
| 26 | Space is always left in the last physical partition on the disk | |
| 27 | for a bad sector forwarding table. The space reserved for this | |
| 28 | table occupies 3 tracks. For more information, see | |
| 29 | .IR bad144 (8). | |
| 30 | .PP | |
| 31 | The disk partition sizes are based on the total amount of | |
| 32 | space on the disk as give in the table below. The `c' partition | |
| 33 | is, by convention, used to access the entire physical disk, including | |
| 34 | the space reserved for the bad sector forwarding table. | |
| 35 | In normal operation, either the `g' partition is used, or the | |
| 36 | `d', `e', and `f' partitions are used. The `g' and `f' partitions | |
| 37 | are variable sized, occupying whatever space remains after allocation | |
| 38 | of the fixed sized partitions. | |
| 39 | If the disk is smaller than 20 Megabytes, then | |
| 40 | .I diskpart | |
| 41 | aborts with the message ``disk too small, calculate by hand''. | |
| 42 | .in +0.5i | |
| 43 | .nf | |
| 44 | ||
| 45 | .ta \w'Partition 'u +\w'20-60 MB 'u +\w'61-205 MB 'u +\w'206-355 MB 'u +\w'356+ MB'u | |
| 46 | Partition 20-60 MB 61-205 MB 206-355 MB 356+ MB | |
| 47 | a 15884 15884 15884 15884 | |
| 48 | b 10032 33440 33440 66880 | |
| 49 | d 15884 15884 15884 15884 | |
| 50 | e unused 55936 55936 307200 | |
| 51 | h unused unused 291346 291346 | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | .fi | |
| 54 | .in -0.5i | |
| 55 | .PP | |
| 56 | If an unknown disk type is specified, | |
| 57 | .I diskpart | |
| 58 | will prompt for the required disk geometry information. | |
| 59 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
| 60 | disktab(5), | |
| 61 | bad144(8) | |
| 62 | .SH BUGS | |
| 63 | Certain default partition sizes are based on historical artifacts | |
| 64 | (e.g. RP06), and may result in unsatisfactory layouts. | |
| 65 | .PP | |
| 66 | When using the \-d flag, alternate disk names are not included | |
| 67 | in the output. |