patch-2.2.18 linux/arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8

• Lines: 126
• Date: Wed Nov 8 23:04:59 2000
• Orig file: v2.2.17/arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8
• Orig date: Sat Sep 9 18:42:33 2000

diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude v2.2.17/arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8 linux/arch/s390/tools/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8
@@ -1,68 +1,68 @@
-.TH DASDFMT 8 "Tue Jan 25 2000"
-.UC 4
-.SH NAME
-dasdfmt \- formatting of DSAD (ECKD) disk drives.
-.SH SYNOPSIS
+.TH DASDFMT 8 "Tue Jan 25 2000"
+.UC 4
+.SH NAME
+dasdfmt \- formatting of DSAD (ECKD) disk drives.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
 \fBdasdfmt\fR [-tvyLV] [-b \fIblockSize\fR] [-l \fIdiskLabel\fR] \fIdiskSpec\fR
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBdasdfmt\fR formats a DASD (ECKD) disk drive to prepare it
-for usage with Linux for S/390. \fBWARNING\fR: Incautious usage of
-\fBdasdfmt\fR can result in \fBLOSS OF DATA\fR.
-
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-\fB-t\fR
-Disables any modification of the disk drive. \fBdasdfmt\fR just prints
-out, what it \fBwould\fR do.
-
-.TP
-\fB-v\fR
-Increases verbosity.
-
-.TP
-\fB-y\fR 
-Start formatting without further user-confirmation.
-
-.TP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBdasdfmt\fR formats a DASD (ECKD) disk drive to prepare it
+for usage with Linux for S/390. \fBWARNING\fR: Incautious usage of
+\fBdasdfmt\fR can result in \fBLOSS OF DATA\fR.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB-t\fR
+Disables any modification of the disk drive. \fBdasdfmt\fR just prints
+out, what it \fBwould\fR do.
+
+.TP
+\fB-v\fR
+Increases verbosity.
+
+.TP
+\fB-y\fR 
+Start formatting without further user-confirmation.
+
+.TP
 \fB-L\fR 
 Omit the writing of a disk label after formatting.
 
 .TP
-\fB-V\fR 
-Print version number and exit.
-
-.TP
-\fB-b\fR \fIblockSize\fR
-Specify blocksize to be used. \fIblocksize\fR must be a positive integer
-and always be a power of two. Due due some limitations in the driver,
-it is \fBstrongly\fR recommended to use a \fIblockSize\fR of \fI4096\fR.
-
-.TP
+\fB-V\fR 
+Print version number and exit.
+
+.TP
+\fB-b\fR \fIblockSize\fR
+Specify blocksize to be used. \fIblocksize\fR must be a positive integer
+and always be a power of two. Due due some limitations in the driver,
+it is \fBstrongly\fR recommended to use a \fIblockSize\fR of \fI4096\fR.
+
+.TP
 \fB-l\fR \fIdiskLabel\fR
 Specify the label to be written to disk after formatting. If no label is
 specified, a sensible default is used. \fIdiskLabel\fR is interpreted as
 ASCII string and is automatically converted to EBCDIC.
-
-.TP
-\fIdiskSpec\fR
-This parameter specified the device to be formatted. It also can be
-given in two variants:
-.sp
+
+.TP
+\fIdiskSpec\fR
+This parameter specified the device to be formatted. It also can be
+given in two variants:
+.sp
 	\fB-f\fR \fB/dev/dasd\fR\fIX\fR
-.br
-or
-.br
-	\fB-n\fR \fIdevnum\fR
-.sp
-The first form uses the commonly used
-.SM UNIX
-device notation where \fIX\fR is a single lowercase letter.
+.br
+or
+.br
+	\fB-n\fR \fIdevnum\fR
+.sp
+The first form uses the commonly used
+.SM UNIX
+device notation where \fIX\fR is a single lowercase letter.
 The second form uses simply the device number.
-
-.SH BUGS
-None so far ;-)
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-.nf
-This man-page was written by Fritz Elfert <felfert@to.com>
-.fi
+
+.SH BUGS
+None so far ;-)
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+.nf
+This man-page was written by Fritz Elfert <felfert@to.com>
+.fi