gparted r1035 - in trunk: . doc

[gedakc svn gnome org]

Author: gedakc
Date: Tue Jan 20 17:10:34 2009
New Revision: 1035
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gparted?rev=1035&view=rev

Log:
Updated manual page

Modified:
   trunk/ChangeLog
   trunk/doc/gparted.8

Modified: trunk/doc/gparted.8
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--- trunk/doc/gparted.8	(original)
+++ trunk/doc/gparted.8	Tue Jan 20 17:10:34 2009
@@ -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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
 .\" 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.)
-.B gparted
-makes it possible for you to take a hard disk
-and change the partition organization,
-while preserving the partition contents.
-
-More specifically,
-.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:
-.br
-e2fsprogs, dosfstools, mtools, hfsutils, jfsutils,
-.br
-ntfsprogs, reiser4progs, reiserfsprogs, and xfsprogs.
+A disk device can be subdivided into one or more partitions.
+The
+.B gparted
+application enables you to
+change the partition organization on a disk device while
+preserving the contents of the partition.
 
+With
 .B gparted
-can also be used with storage devices other than hard disks, such as
-USB flash drives, and memory cards.
+you can accomplish the following tasks:
+.br
+- Create a partition table on a disk device.
+.br
+- 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.
 
-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.
 
-.B gparted
-/dev/sda
+For example, to start gparted with the devices /dev/sda and /dev/sdc
+you would use the following command:
 
-This can save time with subsequent device refreshes, such as after
-operations are applied.
+.B gparted
+/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 <gedakc users sf net>
+Manual page written by Curtis Gedak <gedakc users sf net>
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR parted (8),
 .BR fdisk (8),