From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Aug 28 20: 0:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EC9F37B400 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:00:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9A243E42 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:00:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g7T30EJU054333 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:00:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g7T30EAV054332; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:00:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A99F37B400 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:55:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xor.sqrt.ca (h24-82-193-97.wp.shawcable.net [24.82.193.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46CE243E72 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:55:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from modulus@xor.sqrt.ca) Received: from xor.sqrt.ca (smmsp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xor.sqrt.ca (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7T2t9wZ010077 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:55:09 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from modulus@xor.sqrt.ca) Received: (from root@localhost) by xor.sqrt.ca (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7T2t80D010076; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:55:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <200208290255.g7T2t80D010076@xor.sqrt.ca> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:55:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Chris S.J. Peron" Reply-To: "Chris S.J. Peron" To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/42148: [PATCH] growfs(8) manual fix Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >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