Available options and operands:
/etc/disktab
is generated; for example,
disktab(5).
On disks that use bad144(8) type of bad-sector forwarding, space is normally left in the last partition on the disk for a bad sector forwarding table, although this space is not reflected in the tables produced. The space reserved is one track for the replicated copies of the table and sufficient tracks to hold a pool of 126 sectors to which bad sectors are mapped. For more information, see bad144(8). The -s option is intended for other controllers which reserve some space at the end of the disk for bad-sector replacements or other control areas, even if not a multiple of cylinders.
The disk partition sizes are based on the total amount of
space on the disk as given in the table below (all values
are supplied in units of sectors). The
`c'
partition
is, by convention, used to access the entire physical disk.
The device driver tables include
the space reserved for the bad sector forwarding table in the
`c'
partition;
those used in the disktab and default formats exclude reserved tracks.
In normal operation, either the
`g'
partition is used, or the
`d',
`e',
and
`f'
partitions are used. The
`g'
and
`f'
partitions
are variable-sized, occupying whatever space remains after allocation
of the fixed sized partitions.
If the disk is smaller than 20 Megabytes, then
diskpart
aborts with the message
``disk
too
small,
calculate
by
hand
''.
If an unknown disk type is specified, diskpart will prompt for the required disk geometry information.
When using the -d flag, alternative disk names are not included in the output.