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For a physical disk partition, the
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For a physical disk partition, the
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last letter of the device name specifies the partition identifier (a to h).
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last letter of the device name specifies the partition identifier (a to h).
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.Nm
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.Nm
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volumes need not conform to this convention, but if they do not,
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volumes does not need to conform with this convention.
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.Xr newfs 8
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will complain that it cannot determine the partition.
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To solve this problem,
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use the
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.Fl v
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flag to
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.Xr newfs 8 .
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For example, if you have a volume
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For example, if you have a volume
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.Pa concat ,
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.Pa concat ,
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use the following command to create a UFS file system on it:
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use the following command to create a UFS file system on it:
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.Pp
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.Pp
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.Dl "newfs /dev/gvinum/concat"
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.Pp
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.Ss Note: 
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On FreeBSD versions prior to 5.0 
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.Xr newfs 8 
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requires an additional 
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.Fl v
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flag and the old device naming scheme:
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.Pp
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.Dl "newfs -v /dev/vinum/concat"
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.Dl "newfs -v /dev/vinum/concat"
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.Sh OBJECT NAMING
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.Sh OBJECT NAMING
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.Nm
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.Nm

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