From 7729060ce262bf23d2b08d065b51eb7b38643fde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Haerr <greg@censoft.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 18:14:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update man page

---
 elkscmd/man/man8/fdisk.8 | 27 +++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/elkscmd/man/man8/fdisk.8 b/elkscmd/man/man8/fdisk.8
index 430fa8837..bb7c9a136 100644
--- a/elkscmd/man/man8/fdisk.8
+++ b/elkscmd/man/man8/fdisk.8
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 fdisk \- create or update a partition table on a hard disk or SSD device
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBfdisk\fR [\fB\-l\fR] [\fIfile\fR]
+\fBfdisk\fR [\fB\-l\fR] [\fIblock_device\fR]
 .br
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP 5
@@ -11,16 +11,21 @@ list the partition table and exit.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 When \fBfdisk\fR starts up, it reads in the partition table from 
-.BR file ,
-or - if no 
-.B file
-was specified, from the currently booted drive. If the boot drive is a floppy,
-.B fdisk
-will fail and exit.
+.IR block_device ,
+or if no
+.I block_device
+was specified, from
+.BR /dev/hda .
+.I block_device
+must be a non-partitioned, MBR-capable block device name, such as
+.B /dev/hda
+or
+.BR /dev/hdb ,
+etc.
 .PP
-Unless the 
+If the
 .B -l
-option is present, 
+option is not specified,
 .B fdisk
 will enter interactive mode and allow the user to manipulate the partition
 table using the following commands:
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ elks17# \fBfdisk\fP
 Geometry: 7818 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors.
 Command (? for help):
 .fi
-.R Fdisk 
+.B fdisk
 enters interactive mode.
 .TP 10
 elks17# \fBfdisk -l\fP
@@ -72,5 +77,3 @@ partition.
 .PP
 .B Fdisk
 does minimal sanity checking on input, it is possible to create a totaly bogus partition table.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR part (8).