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Date:      Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:18:07 GMT
From:      Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/122206: [patch] fix error in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/geom-glabel.html
Message-ID:  <200803282018.m2SKI7U0038173@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200803282020.m2SKK0rh010362@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         122206
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] fix error in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/geom-glabel.html
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 28 20:20:00 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Josh Paetzel
>Release:        6.3-RELEASE-p1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD roadrash.tcbug.org 6.3-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p1 #1: Fri Feb 22 19:47:47 UTC 2008     root@roadrash.tcbug.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ROADRASH  amd64


>Description:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/geom-glabel.html mentions ufs2 labels are created in /dev/ufs2, which contradicts the manpage for glabel and what actually happens.  On a running 6.x system they are created in /dev/ufs
>How-To-Repeat:
Read the handbook, follow the directions, ls /dev/ufs*
>Fix:
--- chapter.sgml.old    2008-03-28 15:07:35.000000000 -0500
+++ chapter.sgml        2008-03-28 15:08:02.000000000 -0500
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
        <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>, which will be named
        based on their file system type.  For example,
        <acronym>UFS</acronym>2 file system labels will be created in
-       the <filename class="directory">/dev/ufs2</filename>
+       the <filename class="directory">/dev/ufs</filename>
        directory.</para>

       <para>A generic label will go away with the next reboot. These
@@ -537,10 +537,10 @@
       </warning>

       <para>A label should now exist in
-       <filename class="directory">/dev/ufs2</filename> which may be
+       <filename class="directory">/dev/ufs</filename> which may be
        added to <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>:</para>

-      <programlisting>/dev/ufs2/home           /home            ufs     rw              2      2</programlisting>
+      <programlisting>/dev/ufs/home            /home            ufs     rw              2      2</programlisting>

       <note>
        <para>The file system must not be mounted while attempting


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