From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 17 23:50:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC8B516A423 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2562E43D48 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2HNoL7k056586 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k2HNoLoD056585; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:21 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:21 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200603172350.k2HNoLoD056585@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "Jeremy C. Reed" Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 686DC16A41F for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1221B43D46 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2HNo9ZX071262 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:09 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k2HNo9nZ071261; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:09 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200603172350.k2HNo9nZ071261@www.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:09 GMT From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Cc: Subject: misc/94625: growfs man page -- document "panic: not enough space" and mention gconcat X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:50:22 -0000 >Number: 94625 >Category: misc >Synopsis: growfs man page -- document "panic: not enough space" and mention gconcat >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 17 23:50:21 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jeremy C. Reed >Release: 6.0 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Please document "panic: not enough space" in growfs(8) manual so users of growfs know how many bytes they need to be able to grow. Also mention gconcat, maybe like: --- /archive/FreeBSD-current/src/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 2005-01-18 02:09:34.000000000 -0800 +++ /home/reed/growfs.8 2006-03-17 15:41:38.000000000 -0800 @@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ before running .Nm . If you are using volumes you must enlarge them by using -.Xr vinum 8 . +.Xr gconcat 8 +or +.Xr vinum 8 , +as appropriate. The .Nm utility extends the size of the file system on the specified special file. I don't know if ccd can "grow" a volume, if so mention ccdconfig(8) also. >How-To-Repeat: Use gconcat to add a /dev/md* memory disk. Then use growfs to grow file system. How do you know how much space is needed for growfs? (I looked at code, but simplified explanation in man page would be appreciated.) >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: