Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 21:35:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs hangs my system? Message-ID: <199705130335.VAA19271@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970512173551.12407A-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970512164812.12315A-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> <Pine.OSF.3.96.970512173551.12407A-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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> And I've figured out my problem. I was doing > > newfs [options] /dev/ccd0c > > And I shoulda been doing > > newfs [options] /dev/rccd0c > > Why was I doing this? This problem wasn't unique to my CCD, I was able to > crash my machine without this. No, the problem is in the man page for > newfs. I quoth from the examples: > > EXAMPLES > mount_mfs -s=20480 -o nosuid,nodev /dev/sd0b /tmp > > > --> shouldn't this be /dev/rsd0b? Not for the mount command. You 'mount' block devices, but you create (newfs) using the character device. Basically, it's just unix magic. :) :) :) Nate
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