From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 11 11:10:27 2005 Return-Path: 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 5CA5616A4CF for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:10:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CB8343D67 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:10:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0BBAQM3011521 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:10:26 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0BBAQmV011520; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:10:26 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:10:26 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200501111110.j0BBAQmV011520@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Enrique Matías Sánchez (aka Quique) Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3D616A4CE for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:03:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79AE343D54 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:03:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0BB3XfD063648 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:03:33 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0BB3XIa063647; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:03:33 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200501111103.j0BB3XIa063647@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:03:33 GMT From: Enrique Matías Sánchez (aka Quique) To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Subject: docs/76094: Incorrect statement about partition d X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:10:27 -0000 >Number: 76094 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Incorrect statement about partition d >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 11 11:10:26 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Enrique Matías Sánchez (aka Quique) >Release: 5.3-RELEASE x86 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Section 5.3 of the handbook (disk-organization) says: To this day, some tools may operate oddly if told to work on partition d, so sysinstall will not normally create partition d. However, when using the `automatic defaults' option from sysinstall on my system, it does create a partition d for /var, as seen on this text-screenshot: FreeBSD Disklabel Editor Disk: ad0 Partition name: ad0s3 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ad0s3a / 256MB UFS2 Y ad0s3b swap 1006MB SWAP ad0s3d /var 256MB UFS2+S Y ad0s3e /tmp 256MB UFS2+S Y ad0s3f /usr 7781MB UFS2+S Y The following commands are valid here (upper or lower case): C = Create D = Delete M = Mount pt. W = Write N = Newfs Opts Q = Finish S = Toggle SoftUpdates Z = Custom Newfs T = Toggle Newfs U = Undo A = Auto Defaults R = Delete+Merge Use F1 or ? to get more help, arrow keys to select. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: