fdisk: mark dos compatibility/CHS options deprecated in manpage

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
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.\" 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
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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.