* doc/C/parted.8: add --align option to manpage. --- doc/C/parted.8 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/C/parted.8 b/doc/C/parted.8 index 9909ba8..2a8992e 100644 --- a/doc/C/parted.8 +++ b/doc/C/parted.8 @@ -30,6 +30,26 @@ never prompts for user intervention .TP .B -v, --version displays the version +.TP +.B -a \fIalignment-type\fP, --align \fIalignment-type\fP +Set alignment for newly created partitions, valid alignment types are: +.RS +.IP none +Use the minimum alignment allowed by the disk type. +.IP cylinder +Align partitions to cylinders. +.IP minimal +Use minimum alignment as given by the disk topology information. This and +the opt value will use layout information provided by the disk to align the +logical partition table addresses to actual physical blocks on the disks. +The min value is the minimum aligment needed to align the partition properly to +physical blocks, which avoids performance degradation. +.IP optimal +Use optimum alignment as given by the disk topology information. This +aligns to a multiple of the physical block size in a way that guarantees +optimal performance. +.RE + .SH COMMANDS .TP .B [device] -- 1.6.5.2 _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted
