Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:11:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r243567 - stable/8/sbin/mdconfig Message-ID: <201211261811.qAQIBfF6043791@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Mon Nov 26 18:11:41 2012 New Revision: 243567 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/243567 Log: MFC r242546: Add an example showing the use of gnop(8) to skip over header data. PR: kern/145999 Reviewed by: mjg Modified: stable/8/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Directory Properties: stable/8/sbin/mdconfig/ (props changed) Modified: stable/8/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/8/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Mon Nov 26 18:10:15 2012 (r243566) +++ stable/8/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 Mon Nov 26 18:11:41 2012 (r243567) @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 27, 2012 +.Dd November 3, 2012 .Dt MDCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -253,6 +253,18 @@ are implied), using the first available device, and then mount the new memory disk: .Bd -literal -offset indent mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -f cdimage.iso` /mnt +.Pp +.Ed +Create a file-backed device from a hard disk image that begins +with 512K of raw header information. +.Xr gnop 8 +is used to skip over the header information, positioning +.Pa md1.nop +to the start of the filesystem in the image. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +mdconfig -f diskimage.img -u 1 +gnop create -o 512K md1 +mount /dev/md1.nop /mnt .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr md 4 ,
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