So then does 'fdisk -u' also install a disklabel [to sector 0 of the disk]? That surprises me, I'd think that disklabel would be for that, and the man pages don't explain what is going on.
-Nick On 26/03/2009, Brynet <[email protected]> wrote: > Jesus(?) wrote: >> The question is: What's the mainly difference between 'update' and 'write' >> on fdisk program? > > The 'update' command, or.. the -u option.. updates the > MBR(/usr/mdec/mbr) boot program without changing the partition table. > The 'write' command commits the partition table to disk. > > You may want to read fdisk(8) again. > > -Brynet
