Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 07:36:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs newfs.8 newfs.c Message-ID: <19980912073600.F611@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199809111857.LAA00948@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Sep 11, 1998 at 11:57:51AM -0700 References: <199809110626.XAA09717@freefall.freebsd.org> <199809111857.LAA00948@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Friday, 11 September 1998 at 11:57:51 -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
>> grog 1998/09/10 23:26:09 PDT
>>
>> Modified files:
>> sbin/newfs newfs.8 newfs.c
>> Log:
>> Reviewed by: bde,jkh
>>
>> Add -v flag to newfs:
>>
>> -v Specify that the partition does not contain any slices, and that
>> newfs should treat the whole partition as the file system. This
>> option is useful for synthetic disks such as ccd and vinum.
>
> A partition can't contain slices. A slice may contain partitions.
>
> What does this actually do?
bde got there first :-) See my next commit:
-v Specify that the slice does not contain any partitions, and that
newfs should treat the whole slice as the file system. This
option is useful for synthetic disks such as ccd and vinum.
Greg
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