@@ -54,16 +54,14 @@ Use optimum alignment as given by the disk topology information. This
5454aligns to a multiple of the physical block size in a way that guarantees
5555optimal performance.
5656.RE
57-
5857.SH COMMANDS
5958.TP
6059.B [device]
6160The block device to be used. When none is given, \fB parted \fP will use the
6261first block device it finds.
6362.TP
6463.B [command [options]]
65- Specifies the command to be executed. If no command is given,
66- .BR parted
64+ Specifies the command to be executed. If no command is given, \fB parted \fP
6765will present a command prompt. Possible commands are:
6866.RS
6967.TP
@@ -119,8 +117,8 @@ or an LVM logical volume if necessary.
119117.B set \fI partition \fP \fI flag \fP \fI state \fP
120118Change the state of the \fI flag \fP on \fI partition \fP to \fI state \fP .
121119Supported flags are: "boot", "root", "swap", "hidden", "raid", "lvm", "lba",
122- "legacy_boot", "irst", "msftres", "esp", "chromeos_kernel", "bls_boot", "linux-home",
123- "no_automount", "bios_grub", and "palo".
120+ "legacy_boot", "irst", "msftres", "esp", "chromeos_kernel", "bls_boot",
121+ "linux-home", " no_automount", "bios_grub", and "palo".
124122\fI state \fP should be either "on" or "off".
125123.TP
126124.B unit \fI unit \fP
@@ -140,10 +138,10 @@ On MS-DOS set the type aka. partition id of \fIpartition\fP to
140138the type-uuid of \fI partition \fP to \fI uuid \fP .
141139.TP
142140.B disk_set \fI flag \fP \fI state \fP
143- Change a \fI flag \fP on the disk to \fI state \fP . A flag can be either "on" or "off".
144- Some or all of these flags will be available, depending on what disk label you
145- are using. Supported flags are: "pmbr_boot" on GPT to enable the boot flag on the
146- GPT's protective MBR partition.
141+ Change a \fI flag \fP on the disk to \fI state \fP . A flag can be either "on" or
142+ "off". Some or all of these flags will be available, depending on what disk
143+ abel you are using. Supported flags are: "pmbr_boot" on GPT to enable the
144+ boot flag on the GPT's protective MBR partition.
147145.TP
148146.B disk_toggle \fI flag \fP
149147Toggle the state of the disk \fI flag \fP .
@@ -155,24 +153,23 @@ Display version information and a copyright message.
155153\fB parted \fP will compute sensible ranges for the locations you specify when using
156154units like "GB", "MB", etc. Use the sector unit "s" or IEC binary units like
157155"GiB", "MiB", to specify exact locations.
158-
159156When you specify start or end values using IEC binary units like "MiB",
160157"GiB", "TiB", etc., \fB parted \fP treats those values as exact, and equivalent to
161158the same number specified in bytes (i.e., with the "B" suffix), in that it
162159provides no helpful range of sloppiness. Contrast that with a partition
163160start request of "4GB", which may actually resolve to some sector up to 500MB
164- before or after that point. Thus, when creating a partition in an exact location
165- you should use units of bytes ("B"), sectors ("s"), or IEC binary units like
166- "MiB", "GiB", but not "MB", "GB", etc.
161+ before or after that point. Thus, when creating a partition in an exact
162+ location you should use units of bytes ("B"), sectors ("s"), or IEC binary units
163+ like "MiB", "GiB", but not "MB", "GB", etc.
167164.SH REPORTING BUGS
168165Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org>
169166.SH SEE ALSO
170167.BR fdisk (8),
171168.BR mkfs (8),
172169The \fI parted \fP program is fully documented in the
173- .BR info(1)
170+ .BR info (1)
174171format
175- .IR " GNU partitioning software"
172+ .I "GNU partitioning software"
176173manual.
177174.SH AUTHOR
178175This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>,
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