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diff --git a/man/pvck.8.in b/man/pvck.8.in index de3dfac..e6019af 100644 --- a/man/pvck.8.in +++ b/man/pvck.8.in @@ -6,25 +6,27 @@ pvck \- check physical volume metadata .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ] .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ] .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] -.RB [ \-\-labelsector ] -.IR PhysicalVolume " [" PhysicalVolume ...] +.RB [ \-\-labelsector +.IR sector ] +.I PhysicalVolume +.RI [ PhysicalVolume ...] .SH DESCRIPTION pvck checks physical volume LVM metadata for consistency. .SH OPTIONS -See \fBlvm\fP for common options. +See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. .TP -.BR \-\-labelsector " sector" +.B \-\-labelsector \fIsector By default, 4 sectors of \fBPhysicalVolume\fP are scanned for an LVM label, starting at sector 0. This parameter allows you to specify a different starting sector for the scan and is useful for recovery situations. For example, suppose the partition table is corrupted or lost on /dev/sda, -but you suspect there was an LVM partition at approximately 100 MB. This -area of the disk may be scanned by using the \fB--labelsector\fP parameter +but you suspect there was an LVM partition at approximately 100 MiB. This +area of the disk may be scanned by using the \fB\-\-labelsector\fP parameter with a value of 204800 (100 * 1024 * 1024 / 512 = 204800): .sp -.BI "pvck --labelsector 204800 /dev/sda" +.B pvck \-\-labelsector 204800 /dev/sda .sp -Note that a script can be used with \fB--labelsector\fP to automate the +Note that a script can be used with \fB\-\-labelsector\fP to automate the process of finding LVM labels. .SH SEE ALSO .BR lvm (8), |