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Date:      Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:46:21 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 223248] Found error in handbook 17.9.2. Creating a File- or Memory-Backed Memory Disk
Message-ID:  <bug-223248-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 223248
           Summary: Found error in handbook 17.9.2. Creating a File- or
                    Memory-Backed Memory Disk
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: thatguyrenic@gmail.com

Handbook Section 17.9.2 (Creating a File- or Memory-Backed Memory Disk)

The line which reads:


To create a new file-backed memory disk, first allocate an area of disk to =
use.
This example creates an empty 5K file named newimage:


Should actually state that the command creates a 5.0MB file.

This is shown in the sample output and easily verifiable by anyone when they
run the shown command:

# dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3Dnewimage bs=3D1k count=3D5k

--=20
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