Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:57:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r187264 - stable/7/sbin/mdconfig Message-ID: <200901150257.n0F2v77w061383@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: keramida (doc committer) Date: Thu Jan 15 02:57:07 2009 New Revision: 187264 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/187264 Log: MFC 173539 from /head * Expand the example descriptions, fix mdoc-bugs in "(-a and -t vnode are implied)" and reuse it near the cd9660 example. * Spell 'backing store' as two words. Modified: stable/7/sbin/mdconfig/ (props changed) stable/7/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Modified: stable/7/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/7/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Thu Jan 15 02:54:40 2009 (r187263) +++ stable/7/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Thu Jan 15 02:57:07 2009 (r187264) @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 9, 2007 +.Dd November 11, 2007 .Dt MDCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ panic a system. .It Cm vnode A file specified with .Fl f Ar file -becomes the backingstore for this memory disk. +becomes the backing store for this memory disk. .It Cm swap Storage for this type of memory disk is allocated from buffer memory. @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ To create a disk named .Pa /dev/md4 with .Pa /tmp/boot.flp -as backing: +as backing storage: .Pp .Dl mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u 4 .Pp @@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ To detach and free all resources used by .Pp .Dl mdconfig -d -u 4 .Pp -To create and mount a 128MByte swap backed file system on +To create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an +.Xr ffs 7 +file system on it, and mount it on .Pa /tmp : .Bd -literal -offset indent mdconfig -a -t swap -s 128M -u 10 @@ -215,10 +217,10 @@ mount /dev/md10 /tmp chmod 1777 /tmp .Ed .Pp -To create a 5MB file-backed disk ( -.Fl -a +To create a 5MB file-backed disk +.Ns ( Fl a and -.Fl -t Ar vnode +.Fl t Ar vnode are implied): .Bd -literal -offset indent dd if=/dev/zero of=somebackingfile bs=1k count=5k @@ -228,12 +230,21 @@ newfs md0c mount /dev/md0c /mnt .Ed .Pp -To mount an ISO 9660 CD image file: +To create an +.Xr md 4 +device out of an ISO 9660 CD image file +.Ns ( Fl a +and +.Fl t Ar vnode +are implied), using the first available +.Xr md 4 +device, and then mount the new memory disk: .Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cdimage.iso` /mnt +mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -f cdimage.iso` /mnt .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr md 4 , +.Xr ffs 7 , .Xr bsdlabel 8 , .Xr fdisk 8 , .Xr mdmfs 8 ,
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