Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:55:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Chris S.J. Peron" <maneo@bsdpro.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/42148: [PATCH] growfs(8) manual fix Message-ID: <200208290255.g7T2t80D010076@xor.sqrt.ca>
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>Number: 42148 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] growfs(8) manual fix >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 28 20:00:08 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Chris S.J. Peron >Release: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD xor.sqrt.ca 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #3: Tue Aug 13 17:17:48 CDT 2002 cperon@xor.sqrt.ca:/usr/src/sys/compile/opcode i386 >Description: The man page does not explicitly instruct the user that if they wish to grow a filesystem beyond the boundary of the slice the filesystem resides in, they will have to edit the size of the slice using fdisk in addition to using disklabel. >How-To-Repeat: Convert yourself into a not so clued user, man growfs and attempt to growfs your filesystem beyond the boundary of the slice as per the instructions in the manual. >Fix: --- growfs.8.bak Wed Aug 28 20:59:58 2002 +++ growfs.8 Wed Aug 28 21:39:30 2002 @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ .Nm the disk must be labeled to a bigger size using .Xr disklabel 8 . +If you wish to grow a filesystem beyound the boundary of +the slice it resides in, you must re-size the slice using +.Xr fdisk 8 . If you are using volumes you must enlarge them by using .Xr vinum 8 . .Nm @@ -174,7 +177,8 @@ .Xr fsck 8 , .Xr newfs 8 , .Xr tunefs 8 , -.Xr vinum 8 +.Xr vinum 8 , +.Xr fdisk 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An Christoph Herrmann Aq chm@FreeBSD.org .An Thomas-Henning von Kamptz Aq tomsoft@FreeBSD.org >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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