[gparted] Update GParted manual with the option to align to MiB
- From: Curtis Gedak <gedakc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gparted] Update GParted manual with the option to align to MiB
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 21:29:07 +0000 (UTC)
commit c90412255a350be60937123e1cf8be2b551a5290
Author: Curtis Gedak <gedakc gmail com>
Date: Tue Jun 1 15:23:59 2010 -0600
Update GParted manual with the option to align to MiB
This change is part of adding the option to align to MiB (#617409).
help/C/gparted.xml | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/gparted.xml b/help/C/gparted.xml
index 3520c46..8737e67 100644
--- a/help/C/gparted.xml
+++ b/help/C/gparted.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
- <!ENTITY appversion "0.4.6">
- <!ENTITY manrevision "1.1">
- <!ENTITY date "July 2009">
+ <!ENTITY appversion "0.6.0">
+ <!ENTITY manrevision "1.2">
+ <!ENTITY date "June 2010">
<!ENTITY app "gparted">
<!ENTITY appname "GParted">
<!-- Information about the entities:
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@
-->
]>
+<!-- Remember to update the revision history -->
+
<!--
To generate a single html file of this document, use the command:
xmlto html-nochunks gparted.xml
--->
+
+ To test this document in a viewer, use the command:
+ gnome-help file:/full-path-to-gparted.xml
+ -->
<!-- ============= Document Header =================================== -->
<?db.chunk.max_depth 4?>
@@ -93,27 +98,43 @@
<!-- According to GNU FDL, revision history is mandatory if you are -->
<!-- modifying/reusing someone else's document. If not, you can omit it. -->
-<!-- Remember to remove the &manrevision; entity from the revision entries other
- than the current revision. -->
<revhistory>
<revision>
- <revnumber>&appname; Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>
- <date>&date;</date>
+ <revnumber>&appname; Manual V1.2</revnumber>
+ <date>June 2010</date>
+ <revremark>Describes version 0.6.0 of &appname;</revremark>
<revdescription>
<para role="author">Curtis Gedak</para>
<para role="publisher">&appname; Project</para>
</revdescription>
</revision>
-<!-- Uncomment this and maintain if you are not the original author
<revision>
- <revnumber>&appname; Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>
- <date>&date;</date>
+ <revnumber>&appname; Manual V1.1</revnumber>
+ <date>July 2009</date>
+ <revremark>Describes version 0.4.6 of &appname;</revremark>
<revdescription>
- <para role="author">firstname lastname</para>
- <para role="publisher">publishername</para>
+ <para role="author">Curtis Gedak</para>
+ <para role="publisher">&appname; Project</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>&appname; Manual V1.0</revnumber>
+ <date>January 2009</date>
+ <revremark>Describes version 0.4.2 of &appname;</revremark>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Curtis Gedak</para>
+ <para role="publisher">&appname; Project</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>&appname; Manual V0.3.9</revnumber>
+ <date>September 2008</date>
+ <revremark>Describes version 0.3.9 of &appname;</revremark>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Curtis Gedak</para>
+ <para role="publisher">&appname; Project</para>
</revdescription>
</revision>
--->
</revhistory>
<releaseinfo>
@@ -1001,41 +1022,49 @@
<sect4 id="gparted-specify-partition-alignment">
<title>Specifying Partition Alignment</title>
<para>
- To specify the alignment of the partition, use the
- <guilabel>Round to cylinders</guilabel> check box.
+ To specify the alignment of the partition, click the
+ <guilabel>Align to</guilabel> arrow button, and select from the list.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- To enable, select the <guilabel>Round to cylinders</guilabel>
- check box.
+ Use <guilabel>MiB</guilabel> alignment for modern
+ operating systems. This setting aligns partitions to
+ start and end on precise mebibyte (1,048,576 byte)
+ boundaries. MiB alignment provides enhanced performance
+ when used with RAID systems and with Solid State Drives,
+ such as USB flash drives.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- To disable, deselect the <guilabel>Round to cylinders</guilabel>
- check box.
+ Use <guilabel>Cylinder</guilabel> alignment to maintain
+ compatibility with operating systems released before the
+ year 2000, such as DOS. This setting aligns partitions
+ to start and end on disk cylinder boundaries.
+ </para>
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ The Cylinder/Head/Sector values reported by modern
+ disk devices no longer have a direct physical
+ relationship to the data stored on the disk device.
+ Hence it is no longer valid to use this alignment
+ setting to achieve enhanced performance.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Use <guilabel>None</guilabel> only if you have an
+ in-depth knowledge of disk structure, partition tables,
+ and boot records. This setting places partition
+ boundaries relative to the end of any immediately
+ preceding partition on the disk device. This setting
+ is not guaranteed to reserve or respect space required
+ for boot records.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <note>
- <para>
- When enabled, <guilabel>Round to cylinders</guilabel>
- aligns partition boundaries on the cylinder boundaries
- for the disk device. Enabled is the default setting.
- </para>
- </note>
- <tip>
- <para>
- If you want to maintain compatibility with old operating systems,
- enable <guilabel>Round to cylinders</guilabel>.
- </para>
- <para>
- If you do not want the start of an existing partition to move,
- then disable <guilabel>Round to cylinders</guilabel>
- and do not change the <guilabel>free space preceding</guilabel> value.
- </para>
- </tip>
</sect4>
<!-- ============= To Specify a Partition Type ======================= -->
@@ -1189,6 +1218,13 @@
Adjust the size of the partition.
See <xref linkend="gparted-specify-partition-size-and-location"/>.
</para>
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ If you do not want the start of an existing partition
+ to move, then do not change the <guilabel>free space
+ preceding</guilabel> value.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
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