Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:56:00 -0800 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: "mal content" <artifact.one@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick question on newfs Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060220145340.081c2530@antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <8e96a0b90602201443g73339521l82e6d176da2024f9@mail.gmail.co m> References: <8e96a0b90602201443g73339521l82e6d176da2024f9@mail.gmail.com>
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At 02:43 PM 2/20/2006, mal content wrote: >I was setting up encrypted swap with GELI and accidentally >blew away my /tmp partition with: > ># dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/ad0s1e bs=1m > >Understandably, it will no longer allow me to mount /tmp, >so how do I use newfs to recreate the partition? I want to >be absolutely sure before entering any disk modifying >commands (just like I was absolutely sure last time...). > >I'm guessing it's as simple as: > ># newfs /dev/ad0s1e That will do it. -Glenn >cheers, >a1 > >(ps: please CC as I'm not on the list) >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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