Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:40:27 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: small newfs_msdos addition Message-ID: <20081125134027.GC3519@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <20081125094125.GA18669@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20081125094125.GA18669@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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--+xNpyl7Qekk2NvDX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:41:25AM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > If there are no objections I'd like to commit the small patch below > to newfs_msdos.c -- all it does is create a fake geometry if > it cannot get the media size, which is handy when you want to > create a filesystem image on a regular file. >=20 > Before the patch you need to do >=20 > newfs_msdos -h 32 -s 64 -o 0 -S 512 -s `du -k /the/file` /the/file >=20 > after the patch it becomes >=20 > newfs_msdos /the/file >=20 > which is a bit more friendly especially if you have to type it manually. Yes, please! --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --+xNpyl7Qekk2NvDX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFJLABLForvXbEpPzQRAsV/AJ9Kl+A/aoyo1aHU2AZsmJQx+xh3hgCfT66k MGFeBZcg4ZJ/Ks58s2cj4Vo= =bIO2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+xNpyl7Qekk2NvDX--
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