Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:22:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: david.myers@Corp.Sun.COM Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Formatting a vn disk...? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807281319200.21490-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199807271857.LAA17471@concord.Corp.Sun.COM>
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 david.myers@Corp.Sun.COM wrote: > How do you format a vn disk image as a ufs file system? I am attempting > to set up a 650 megabyte file for use as scratch space for assembling a > CD-ROM image, but cannot figure out how to format the "disk". Newfs > reports a pretty obvious error: there's no disktab entry for such a > beast. Don't need a disktab. > > Here's my plan: > > 1) create ~/cdimage as a 650 megabyte file > 2) issue 'vnconfig /dev/vn0c ~/cdimage' 2.5) disklabel /dev/vn0 | disklabel -B -R -r vn0 /dev/stdin > 3) newfs /dev/rvn0c -- THIS DOESN'T WORK > 4) fill up the new 650MB "disk", then 'mkisofs | cdrecord' when full... > > Hints? Suggestions? Or can vn disks only be used for swap? Take a look at the src/release/floppy(?)/Makefile for hints. They make the install floppy this way, so I certainly hope not :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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