Package: util-linux
Version: 2.13.1.1-1
Severity: normal

Please explain the output in the manual. 

1) Where the information about the magic FS numbers can be
   read (those: 1b, 83 ...). URL? some other manual?
2) What does the plus sign mean at the end of some numbers
   under "Blocks" column
3) For completeness, mention the possibility of "*" at boot column
   and its meaning/effectiveness in general terms.

    Disk /dev/sdb: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x8b398b39

       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sdb1   *           1         638     5124703+  1b  Hidden W95 FAT32
    /dev/sdb2           54727       91201   292985437+  83  Linux
    /dev/sdb3             639       54726   434461860    5  Extended
    /dev/sdb5             639       37112   292977373+  83  Linux
    /dev/sdb6           37113       54726   141484423+  83  Linux

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.7-12            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5            5.6+20080713-1    shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libselinux1            2.0.65-2          SELinux shared libraries
ii  libslang2              2.1.3-3           The S-Lang programming library - r
ii  libuuid1               1.41.0-3          universally unique id library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-15            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  tzdata                 2008e-1           time zone and daylight-saving time
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

util-linux recommends no packages.

Versions of packages util-linux suggests:
ii  console-tools            1:0.2.3dbs-65.1 Linux console and font utilities
ii  dosfstools               2.11-6          utilities for making and checking 
pn  util-linux-locales       <none>          (no description available)

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