[gparted] Update help manual with additional partition flags (#776002)
- From: Mike Fleetwood <mfleetwo src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gparted] Update help manual with additional partition flags (#776002)
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:38:26 +0000 (UTC)
commit c90a8f499c2c33711e99dfb324f2c7545255ad68
Author: Curtis Gedak <gedakc gmail com>
Date: Mon Dec 12 10:04:58 2016 -0700
Update help manual with additional partition flags (#776002)
Also clarify legacy GRUB section regarding install to MBR or
to partition.
Bug 776002 - Update help with additional partition flags
help/C/gparted.xml | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/gparted.xml b/help/C/gparted.xml
index 6711231..f482447 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 "0.22.0">
- <!ENTITY manrevision "1.9">
- <!ENTITY date "March 2015">
+ <!ENTITY appversion "0.27.0">
+ <!ENTITY manrevision "1.10">
+ <!ENTITY date "December 2016">
<!ENTITY app "gparted">
<!ENTITY appname "GParted">
<!-- Information about the entities:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
</abstract>
<copyright>
- <year>2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015</year>
+ <year>2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016</year>
<holder>Curtis Gedak</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
@@ -114,6 +114,15 @@
<!-- modifying/reusing someone else's document. If not, you can omit it. -->
<revhistory>
<revision>
+ <revnumber>&appname; Manual V1.10</revnumber>
+ <date>December 2016</date>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Curtis Gedak</para>
+ <para role="publisher">&appname; Project</para>
+ <para role="annotations">Describes version 0.27.0 of &appname;</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
<revnumber>&appname; Manual V1.9</revnumber>
<date>March 2015</date>
<revdescription>
@@ -2044,6 +2053,15 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ ESP indicates an EFI System Partition used to boot
+ computers with the Unified Extensible Firmware
+ Interface (UEFI) class 2 that includes compatibility
+ support for BIOS functions including the MBR partition
+ structure.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Hidden is used by some commercial operating systems.
The hidden flag makes the partition invisible to the
operating system.
@@ -2051,6 +2069,12 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ Irst identifies an Intel Rapid Start Technology
+ partition.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
LBA is used by some commercial operating system
boot loaders.
The LBA flag indicates the partition should be
@@ -2074,7 +2098,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Prep is used to indicate the boot partition
- on Power Performance Computing (PowerPC) hardware.
+ on Power Performance Computing (PowerPC) hardware.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -2119,6 +2143,14 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ ESP indicates an EFI System Partition used to boot
+ computers with Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
+ class 1 or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
+ (UEFI) class 2 or UEFI class 3.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Hidden is used by some commercial operating systems.
The hidden flag makes the partition invisible to the
operating system.
@@ -2132,6 +2164,12 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ Irst identifies an Intel Rapid Start Technology
+ partition.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Legacy_boot is used by some special purpose software
to indicate the partition might be bootable.
</para>
@@ -2144,12 +2182,24 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ Msftdata identifies partitions that contain Microsoft
+ file systems such as NTFS or FAT.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Msftres is used to indicate a Microsoft Reserved
partition.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ Prep is used to indicate the boot partition
+ on Power Performance Computing (PowerPC) hardware.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
RAID indicates the partition is used in a Redundant
Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID).
</para>
@@ -2746,15 +2796,22 @@
<para>
Set the <application>grub</application> root device by
specifying the device returned by the
- <command>find</command> command.
+ <command>find</command> command. This should be the
+ partition containing the boot directory.
<screen><prompt>grub> </prompt>root <replaceable>(hd0,0)</replaceable></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Reinstall <application>grub</application> by specifying
- the device returned by the <command>find</command>
- command.
+ Reinstall the <application>grub</application> boot
+ loader into the Master Boot Record (MBR) with:
+ <screen><prompt>grub> </prompt>setup <replaceable>(hd0)</replaceable></screen>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you want to install the
+ <application>grub</application> boat loader into the
+ boot sector of a partition, instead specify a partition
+ with:
<screen><prompt>grub> </prompt>setup <replaceable>(hd0,0)</replaceable></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
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