--- util-linux-2.12a/fdisk/fdisk.8.sopwith 2004-08-20 14:46:47.062722632 -0400
+++ util-linux-2.12a/fdisk/fdisk.8 2004-08-20 14:47:12.496816302 -0400
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@
this extra information even if the /U flag is given -- we consider
this a bug in DOS FORMAT and DOS FDISK.
-The bottom line is that if you use cfdisk or fdisk to change the size of a
+The bottom line is that if you use fdisk to change the size of a
DOS partition table entry, then you must also use
.B dd
to zero the first 512 bytes of that partition before using DOS FORMAT to
-format the partition. For example, if you were using cfdisk to make a DOS
-partition table entry for /dev/hda1, then (after exiting fdisk or cfdisk
+format the partition. For example, if you were using disk to make a DOS
+partition table entry for /dev/hda1, then (after exiting fdisk
and rebooting Linux so that the partition table information is valid) you
would use the command "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1" to zero
the first 512 bytes of the partition.
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
For best results, you should always use an OS-specific partition table
program. For example, you should make DOS partitions with the DOS FDISK
-program and Linux partitions with the Linux fdisk or Linux cfdisk program.
+program and Linux partitions with the Linux fdisk program.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@
.\" Andreas Neuper (ANeuper@GUUG.de)
.\" and many others.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR cfdisk (8),
.BR mkfs (8),
.BR parted (8),
.BR sfdisk (8)
--- util-linux-2.12a/sys-utils/rdev.8.sopwith 2004-08-20 11:35:56.740842004 -0400
+++ util-linux-2.12a/sys-utils/rdev.8 2004-08-20 11:38:38.291622818 -0400
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
.B ramsize
command, the
.B size
-parameter specifies the size of the RAM disk in kilobytes.
+parameter specifies the size of the RAM disk in kilobytes. 2.0.x kernels and newer dynamically allocate the ramdisk
+and do not need this setting.
For the
.B rootflags
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@
.B rdev
to act like
.BR ramsize .
+(Not relevant for 2.0.x and newer kernels.)
.TP
.B \-R
Causes