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Date:      Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:57:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:      david.myers@Corp.Sun.COM
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Formatting a vn disk...?
Message-ID:  <199807271857.LAA17471@concord.Corp.Sun.COM>

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Folks:

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.

Here's my plan:

1) create ~/cdimage as a 650 megabyte file
2) issue 'vnconfig /dev/vn0c ~/cdimage'
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?

-David



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