docs/122052: minor update on handbook section 20.7.1
Remko Lodder
remko at elvandar.org
Mon Mar 24 16:40:05 UTC 2008
The following reply was made to PR docs/122052; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Remko Lodder" <remko at elvandar.org>
To: "Fico" <federicogalvezdurand at yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/122052: minor update on handbook section 20.7.1
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:32:22 +0100 (CET)
> confusing statement regarding newfs(8) on vinum(4) volumes.
> Patch attached with submission follows:
>
> diff -r -u handbook.orig/vinum-object-naming.html
> handbook/vinum-object-naming.html
> --- handbook.orig/vinum-object-naming.html 2008-03-22 05:43:54.000000000
> +0100
> +++ handbook/vinum-object-naming.html 2008-03-24 16:27:00.000000000 +0100
> @@ -157,15 +157,6 @@
> Vinum volume might be called <tt
> class="FILENAME">/dev/gvinum/concat</tt>, a name which
> has no relationship with a partition name.</p>
>
> -<p>Normally, <a
> href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8"><span
> -class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
> class="REFENTRYTITLE">newfs</span>(8)</span></a> interprets
> -the name of the disk and complains if it cannot understand it. For
> example:</p>
> -
> -<pre class="SCREEN">
> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">newfs
> /dev/gvinum/concat</kbd>
> -newfs: /dev/gvinum/concat: can't figure out file system partition
> -</pre>
> -
> <p>In order to create a file system on this volume, use <a
> href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=newfs&sektion=8"><span
> class="CITEREFENTRY"><span
> class="REFENTRYTITLE">newfs</span>(8)</span></a>:</p>
>
I dont see the confusing part actually; I think this tells what we should
know in case we encounter such a thing right I dont see any reference to
vinum(4) or anything...
Can you explain this a bit more? I think the change like this isn't needed.
Thanks,
remko
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