mke2fs.8.in: Add a common usage of the -n option. (Addresses

	Debian Bug #146437)

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index 725e4b8..70a2d7d 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-08-17  Theodore Ts'o  <tytso@mit.edu>
 
+       * mke2fs.8.in: Add a common usage of the -n option.  (Addresses
+               Debian Bug #146437)
+
        * fsck.c (main): If no filesystems are specified on the command
                line, default to -As.  (Addresses Debian Bug #153102)
 

diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
index c51a17a..b0402b3 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
@@ -254,8 +254,13 @@ for the sake of utilities that key off of the last mounted directory to
 determine where the filesytem should be mounted.
 .TP
 .B \-n
-causes mke2fs to not actually create a filesystem, but display what it 
-would do if it were to create a filesystem.
+causes mke2fs to not actually create a filesystem, but display what it
+would do if it were to create a filesystem.  This can be used to
+determine the location of the backup superblocks for a particular
+filesystem, so long as the mke2fs parameters that were passed when the
+filesystem was originally created are used again.  (With the
+.B \-n 
+option added, of course!)
 .TP
 .BI \-N " number-of-inodes"
 overrides the default calculation of the number of inodes that should be