Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:08:41 GMT From: Fico <federicogalvezdurand@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/122053: updaze on vinum(4) reference to newfs(8) Message-ID: <200803241608.m2OG8fbN065033@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200803241610.m2OGA23n018389@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 122053 >Category: docs >Synopsis: updaze on vinum(4) reference to newfs(8) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 24 16:10:02 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Fico >Release: release 7.0 >Organization: UFRJ >Environment: FreeBSD jwww.local 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Fri Feb 29 17:08:36 CET 2008 root@trinity.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TRINITY i386 >Description: MAKING FILE SYSTEM sub-section on vinum(4) need update on how to use newfs(8). >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: --- man.orig/man4/vinum.4 2006-06-11 21:41:07.000000000 +0200 +++ man/man4/vinum.4 2008-03-24 17:01:39.000000000 +0100 @@ -428,18 +428,20 @@ For a physical disk partition, the last letter of the device name specifies the partition identifier (a to h). .Nm -volumes need not conform to this convention, but if they do not, -.Xr newfs 8 -will complain that it cannot determine the partition. -To solve this problem, -use the -.Fl v -flag to -.Xr newfs 8 . +volumes does not need to conform with this convention. For example, if you have a volume .Pa concat , use the following command to create a UFS file system on it: .Pp +.Dl "newfs /dev/gvinum/concat" +.Pp +.Ss Note: +On FreeBSD versions prior to 5.0 +.Xr newfs 8 +requires an additional +.Fl v +flag and the old device naming scheme: +.Pp .Dl "newfs -v /dev/vinum/concat" .Sh OBJECT NAMING .Nm >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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