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From: Edwin Culp <eculp@webwizard.org.mx>
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To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Questions about vn driver...
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Mike Smith wrote:

> >
> > [previously posted to freebsd-questions, to no avail...]
> >
> > Folks:
> >
> > How do you format a vn disk image as a ufs file system?  I am attempting
> > to set up a 650 megabyte file for use as scratch space for assembling a
> > CD-ROM image, but cannot figure out how to format the "disk".  Newfs
> > reports a pretty obvious error: there's no disktab entry for such a
> > beast.
> >
> > Here's my plan:
> >
> > 1) create ~/cdimage as a 650 megabyte file
> > 2) issue 'vnconfig /dev/vn0c ~/cdimage'
>
> That should have '-o slices' in it.
>
> 2.5) 'disklabel -rw vn0 auto'

I cannot get this to work.   I get the following on my current
as of yesterday.

disklabel: ioctl DIOCGDINFO: Inappropriate ioctl for device
disklabel: auto: unknown disk type

Thanks

ed

>
>
>
>
> > 3) newfs /dev/rvn0c -- THIS DOESN'T WORK
> > 4) fill up the new 650MB "disk", then 'mkisofs ~/cdimage | cdrecord'
> >    when full...
> >
> > Hints?  Suggestions?  Or is the vn driver not intended for this
> > sort of thing?
> >
> > -David
> >
> >


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