From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 13 6:50:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B64237B72D for ; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 06:50:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id GAA12812; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 06:50:30 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda12810; Tue Mar 13 06:50:14 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.2/8.9.1) id f2DEo9W04264; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 06:50:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdMo4254; Tue Mar 13 06:49:54 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.3/8.9.1) id f2DEnrR07106; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 06:49:53 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200103131449.f2DEnrR07106@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdgZ7102; Tue Mar 13 06:49:14 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: Domas Mituzas Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GDINFO / GDVIRGIN ioctl's for vn missing? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:07:51 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 06:49:13 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Domas Mituzas writes: > Hello, > > neither disklabel nor newfs don't like present vn code, cause theese > ioctl's are missing: > > DIOCGDVIRGIN > DIOCGDINFO > > Therefore, it's impossible to create new VN fs images of sizes, not > specified in disktab. This breaks core PicoBSD functionality and some > other things. > > (BTW, that was my own fault about vn instability, just my games to > workaround this problem caused some troubles). I have no problem with labelling, initialising, mounting, and using vn devices. Is it possible you did not read the vnconfig(8) man page? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message