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diff --git a/doc/C/parted.8 b/doc/C/parted.8 index 3069c33..171269c 100644 --- a/doc/C/parted.8 +++ b/doc/C/parted.8 @@ -151,6 +151,19 @@ Toggle the state of the disk \fIflag\fP. .B version Display version information and a copyright message. .RE +.SH UNITS +\fBparted\fP will compute sensible ranges for the locations you specify when using +units like "GB", "MB", etc. Use the sector unit "s" or IEC binary units like +"GiB", "MiB", to specify exact locations. + +When you specify start or end values using IEC binary units like "MiB", +"GiB", "TiB", etc., \fBparted\fP treats those values as exact, and equivalent to +the same number specified in bytes (i.e., with the "B" suffix), in that it +provides no helpful range of sloppiness. Contrast that with a partition +start request of "4GB", which may actually resolve to some sector up to 500MB +before or after that point. Thus, when creating a partition in an exact location +you should use units of bytes ("B"), sectors ("s"), or IEC binary units like +"MiB", "GiB", but not "MB", "GB", etc. .SH REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to <bug-parted@gnu.org> .SH SEE ALSO |