From 712595c8349b32f4710941a9276a7c4e0cfcb3ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Curtis Gedak Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:10:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated manual page svn path=/trunk/; revision=1035 --- ChangeLog | 4 ++ doc/gparted.8 | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 4cc03305..b645bc2a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-01-20 Curtis Gedak + + * doc/gparted.8: Updated manual page. + 2009-01-19 Curtis Gedak * src/Win_GParted.cc: Reworded message when applying operations. diff --git a/doc/gparted.8 b/doc/gparted.8 index 4d1486da..1780203a 100644 --- a/doc/gparted.8 +++ b/doc/gparted.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Curtis Gedak. +.\" Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Curtis Gedak. .\" This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of .\" the GNU General Public License . .\" There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. @@ -6,75 +6,86 @@ .\" Process this file with .\" groff -man -Tascii gparted.8 .\" -.TH GPARTED 8 "APRIL 14th, 2008" gparted "GParted Manual" +.\" Generate man page web content with +.\" rman -f html gparted.8 > gparted_manpage.html +.\" and manually edit out hyperlinks and leave bold. +.\" +.\" +.TH GPARTED 8 "January 20th, 2009" gparted "GParted Manual" .SH NAME -gparted \- Front-end to parted for manipulating disk partitions +gparted \- Gnome partition editor for manipulating partitions. .SH SYNOPSIS .B gparted [device]... .SH DESCRIPTION +The .B gparted -is the Gnome Partition Editor -for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions. +application is the GNOME partition +editor for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions. -A hard disk is usually subdivided into one or more partitions. -These partitions are normally not re-sizable -(making one smaller and the adjacent one larger.) +A disk device can be subdivided into one or more partitions. +The .B gparted -makes it possible for you to take a hard disk -and change the partition organization, -while preserving the partition contents. +application enables you to +change the partition organization on a disk device while +preserving the contents of the partition. -More specifically, +With .B gparted -enables you to create, destroy, resize, move, -check, label, and copy partitions, and the file systems contained within. -This is useful for -creating space for new operating systems, -reorganizing disk usage, -and mirroring one partition with another (disk imaging). - -.B gparted -uses GNU libparted to detect and manipulate devices and partition tables. -Several optional packages provide additional file system support. -Optional packages include: +you can accomplish the following tasks: .br -e2fsprogs, dosfstools, mtools, hfsutils, jfsutils, +- Create a partition table on a disk device. .br -ntfsprogs, reiser4progs, reiserfsprogs, and xfsprogs. +- Enable and disable partition flags such as boot and hidden. +.br +- Perform actions with partitions such as create, delete, +resize, move, check, label, copy, and paste. -.B gparted -can also be used with storage devices other than hard disks, such as -USB flash drives, and memory cards. - -More documentation and links to the support forum and bug reports can be found at: +More documentation can be found in the application help manual, +and online at: .br http://gparted.sourceforge.net - .SH EXAMPLES -For a hard drive attached as /dev/sda, +You can run .B gparted -can be instructed to limit operations to this drive only with the -following: +from a command line +and specify one or more disk devices. + +For example, to start gparted with the devices /dev/sda and /dev/sdc +you would use the following command: .B gparted -/dev/sda - -This can save time with subsequent device refreshes, such as after -operations are applied. +/dev/sda /dev/sdc .SH NOTES -When resizing a logical partition within an extended partition, -remember that each portion is resized independently. -Hence shrinking the left-most logical partition -by moving the left edge to the right will shrink only the logical -partition. If you desire to free the space for an adjacent primary -partition, then you must also shrink the extended partition. +Editing partitions has the potential to cause LOSS of DATA. + +The +.B gparted +application is +designed to enable you to edit partitions while +reducing the risk of data loss. +The application is carefully tested and is used +by the GParted project team. +However, loss of data might occur due to software bugs, +hardware problems, or power failure. + +You can help to reduce the risk of data loss by +not mounting or unmounting partitions outside of +the +.B gparted +application while +.B gparted +is running. + +You are advised to BACKUP your DATA before using +the +.B gparted +application. .SH REPORTING BUGS Report bugs at: .br http://gparted.sourceforge.net/bugs.php - .SH AUTHOR -Written by Curtis Gedak +Manual page written by Curtis Gedak .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR parted (8), .BR fdisk (8),