Date: 21 Jan 1996 09:18:03 +0200 From: hsu@clinet.fi (Heikki Suonsivu) To: clinet-list-freebsd-hackers@clinet.fi Subject: Re: SYSQUEST disks... Message-ID: <x2bunynhhw.fsf@newzetor.clinet.fi> In-Reply-To: Bruce Evans's message of 18 Jan 1996 12:11:27 %2B0200 References: <199601180923.UAA05818@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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In article <199601180923.UAA05818@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes:
newfs has too many (in)convenient defaults that stop it from working
in plain files and devices:
...
df has too many (in)convenient defaults that stop it from working
on plain files and devices:
...
$ df /tmp/a
[... unwanted output for the device that /tmp/za is on]
fsck has too many (in)convenient defaults that stop it from working
on plain files and devices:
...
These problems can be avoided for regular files by using the vn driver.
The vn driver doesn't seem to work for stacking devices.
Are there any real reasons for these restrictions? If a file is newfs'd,
geometry options should be forced, but otherwise newfs should not be
wise-ass and tell what I want to do. fsck and df have even less reason for
complaints?
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