From d257bc4a7151b1a16721d9f5b68ac2474d130695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:12:21 +0000 Subject: * Expand the example descriptions, fix mdoc-bugs in "(-a and -t vnode are implied)" and reuse it near the cd9660 example. * Spell 'backing store' as two words. --- sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'sbin/mdconfig') diff --git a/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 b/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 index 4ff0faff08ce..94559a68f4d8 100644 --- a/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 9, 2007 +.Dd November 11, 2007 .Dt MDCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ panic a system. .It Cm vnode A file specified with .Fl f Ar file -becomes the backingstore for this memory disk. +becomes the backing store for this memory disk. .It Cm swap Swap space is used to back this memory disk. .El @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ To create a disk named .Pa /dev/md4 with .Pa /tmp/boot.flp -as backing: +as backing storage: .Pp .Dl mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u 4 .Pp @@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ To detach and free all resources used by .Pp .Dl mdconfig -d -u 4 .Pp -To create and mount a 128MByte swap backed file system on +To create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an +.Xr ffs 7 +file system on it, and mount it on .Pa /tmp : .Bd -literal -offset indent mdconfig -a -t swap -s 128M -u 10 @@ -203,10 +205,10 @@ mount /dev/md10 /tmp chmod 1777 /tmp .Ed .Pp -To create a 5MB file-backed disk ( -.Fl -a +To create a 5MB file-backed disk +.Ns ( Fl a and -.Fl -t Ar vnode +.Fl t Ar vnode are implied): .Bd -literal -offset indent dd if=/dev/zero of=somebackingfile bs=1k count=5k @@ -216,12 +218,21 @@ newfs md0c mount /dev/md0c /mnt .Ed .Pp -To mount an ISO 9660 CD image file: +To create an +.Xr md 4 +device out of an ISO 9660 CD image file +.Ns ( Fl a +and +.Fl t Ar vnode +are implied), using the first available +.Xr md 4 +device, and then mount the new memory disk: .Bd -literal -offset indent -mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cdimage.iso` /mnt +mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -f cdimage.iso` /mnt .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr md 4 , +.Xr ffs 7 , .Xr bsdlabel 8 , .Xr fdisk 8 , .Xr mdmfs 8 , -- cgit v1.2.3