.\" Copyright 1992, 1993 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.\" Copyright 1998 Andries E. Brouwer (aeb@cwi.nl)
+.\" Copyright 2012 Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
-.TH FDISK 8 "June 2010" "util-linux" "System Administration"
+.TH FDISK 8 "June 2012" "util-linux" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
fdisk \- manipulate disk partition table
.SH SYNOPSIS
mode. For backward compatibility, it is possible to use the option without
the <mode> argument -- then the default is used. Note that the optional
<mode> argument cannot be separated from the -c option by a space, the correct
-form is for example '-c=dos'.
+form is for example '-c=dos'. This option is DEPRECATED.
.TP
.BI "\-C " cyls
Specify the number of cylinders of the disk.
-I have no idea why anybody would want to do so.
+I have no idea why anybody would want to do so. This option is DEPRECATED.
.TP
.BI "\-H " heads
Specify the number of heads of the disk. (Not the physical number,
of course, but the number used for partition tables.)
-Reasonable values are 255 and 16.
+Reasonable values are 255 and 16. This option is DEPRECATED.
.TP
.BI "\-S " sects
Specify the number of sectors per track of the disk.
(Not the physical number, of course, but the number used for
partition tables.)
-A reasonable value is 63.
+A reasonable value is 63. This option is DEPRECATED.
.TP
.BI \-h
Print help and then exit.