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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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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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.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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