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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml')
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diff --git a/sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml b/sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml index ecedda4aa2cc..9c79e985dd9f 100644 --- a/sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml +++ b/sys-fs/scan-ffs/metadata.xml @@ -2,4 +2,18 @@ <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> <pkgmetadata> <herd>bsd</herd> +<longdescription> +scan_ffs(8) recovers accidential lost or deleted disklabels. + +This is the life-saver of typos. If you have ever been working too long, +and just happened to type 'disklabel -rw da0 floppy', instead of 'diskla- +bel -rw fd0 floppy', you know what I am talking about. + +This little program will take a raw disk device (which you might have to +create) that covers the whole disk, and finds all probable UFS/FFS parti- +tions on the disk. It has various options to make it go faster, and to +print out information to help in the reconstruction of the disklabel. + +Ported from OpenBSD to FreeBSD 4/5 with support for UFS1 and UFS2. +</longdescription> </pkgmetadata> |