Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 03:19:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r242546 - head/sbin/mdconfig Message-ID: <201211040319.qA43J7NL002627@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Sun Nov 4 03:19:07 2012 New Revision: 242546 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/242546 Log: Add an example showing the use of gnop(8) to skip over header data. PR: kern/145999 Reviewed by: mjg MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Modified: head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Sun Nov 4 02:52:03 2012 (r242545) +++ head/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Sun Nov 4 03:19:07 2012 (r242546) @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 27, 2012 +.Dd November 3, 2012 .Dt MDCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -267,6 +267,18 @@ are implied device, and then mount the new memory disk: .Bd -literal -offset indent mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -f cdimage.iso` /mnt +.Pp +.Ed +Create a file-backed device from a hard disk image that begins +with 512K of raw header information. +.Xr gnop 8 +is used to skip over the header information, positioning +.Pa md1.nop +to the start of the filesystem in the image. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +mdconfig -f diskimage.img -u 1 +gnop create -o 512K md1 +mount /dev/md1.nop /mnt .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr md 4 ,
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