Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:40:07 GMT From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/122053: updaze on vinum(4) reference to newfs(8) Message-ID: <200803241640.m2OGe7F9021611@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/122053; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org> To: "Fico" <federicogalvezdurand@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/122053: updaze on vinum(4) reference to newfs(8) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:34:07 +0100 (CET) > 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 Only this should be mentioned in <5.0 which is no longer supported. It has no reason whatsoever in later revision. We recently cleared out a lot of these items that were for older releases that we are not supporting anymore. The note shouldn't be there. > .Dl "newfs -v /dev/vinum/concat" > .Sh OBJECT NAMING > .Nm > -- /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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