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DISKINFO(8)            DragonFly System Manager's Manual           DISKINFO(8)

NAME

diskinfo -- extract block IO management info for a disk, slice, or partition

SYNOPSIS

diskinfo [-qx] device ...

DESCRIPTION

The diskinfo utility extracts information from block media devices such as raw disks, slices, and partitions. The block size (aka sector size), disk offset, and disk size, in bytes, is returned for each device. Offsets are relative to the base of the raw disk, not the base of the slice or partition. The options are as follows: -q Quiet operation. -x Extended information.

EXAMPLES

diskinfo /dev/da0*

SEE ALSO

disklabel(5), fdisk(8)

HISTORY

The diskinfo command first appeared in DragonFly 1.9. DragonFly 5.5 February 8, 2009 DragonFly 5.5

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