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RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8,v
rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present.
retrieving revision 1.26
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -p -r1.26 -r1.27
--- src/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8	1999/04/09 16:01:34	1.26
+++ src/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.8	1999/06/03 01:49:58	1.27
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.26 1999/04/09 16:01:34 kleink Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.27 1999/06/03 01:49:58 cgd Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ rather than going through the system's i
 This option may allow a label to be installed on a disk
 without kernel support for a label, such as when labels are first installed
 on a system; it must be used when first installing a label on a disk.
-The specific effect of
+Any special effects of the
 .Fl r
-is described under each command.
+flag are described with the affected commands.
 .Pp
 The read and install forms also support the
 .Fl B
@@ -168,17 +168,6 @@ describing each, or to edit the label af
 The optional argument is a pack identification string,
 up to 16 characters long.
 The pack id must be quoted if it contains blanks.
-If the
-.Fl r
-flag is given, the disk sectors containing the label and bootstrap
-will be written directly.
-A side-effect of this is that any existing bootstrap code will be overwritten
-and the disk rendered unbootable.
-If
-.Fl r
-is not specified,
-the existing label will be updated via the in-core copy and any bootstrap
-code will be unaffected.
 If the disk does not already have a label, the
 .Fl r
 flag must be used.
@@ -193,10 +182,6 @@ option.
 An existing disk label may be edited by using the
 .Fl e
 flag.
-The label is read from the in-core kernel copy,
-or directly from the disk if the
-.Fl r
-flag is also given.
 The label is formatted and then supplied to an editor for changes.
 If no editor is specified in an
 .Ev EDITOR
@@ -205,9 +190,6 @@ environment variable,
 is used.
 When the editor terminates, the formatted label is reread
 and used to rewrite the disk label.
-Existing bootstrap code is unchanged regardless of whether
-.Fl r
-was specified.
 .Pp
 Labels can also created interactively using the
 .Fl i
@@ -235,11 +217,6 @@ as that produced when reading or editing
 Comments are delimited by
 .Ar \&#
 and newline.
-As with
-.Fl w ,
-any existing bootstrap code will be clobbered if
-.Fl r
-is specified and will be unaffected otherwise.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fl NW