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author | tomsoft <tomsoft@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-12 20:03:17 +0000 |
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committer | tomsoft <tomsoft@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-12 20:03:17 +0000 |
commit | 9c8593d686e8efef3efd5b87b9bfea23dabaae52 (patch) | |
tree | 3ba4d63f9221e8d63ec753d4d001e7a20284a318 /sbin/growfs/growfs.8 | |
parent | 0ee7429451f32b5027bdb6dac8f4378f73910e3d (diff) | |
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corrected spelling mistakes in comments
check a couple of mallocs
usage of errx
linebreaks of DBG_ macros,
correcting the usage of nroff macros
Submitted by: grog, charnier
Reviewed by: chm
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/growfs/growfs.8')
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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 b/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 index 5393a4f..2893d1e 100644 --- a/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 +++ b/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $TSHeader: src/sbin/growfs/growfs.8,v 1.2 2000/12/09 15:12:33 tomsoft Exp $ +.\" $TSHeader: src/sbin/growfs/growfs.8,v 1.3 2000/12/12 19:31:00 tomsoft Exp $ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd September 8, 2000 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ .Op Fl s Ar size .Ar special .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Growfs +.Nm extends the .Xr newfs 8 program. @@ -59,38 +59,43 @@ the disk must be labeled to a bigger size using .Xr disklabel 8 . If you are using volumes you must grow them using .Xr vinum 8 . -.Nm Growfs +.Nm extends the size of the file system on the specified special file. Currently .Nm -can only grow unmounted file systems. Do not try growing an mounted file system, -your system may panic and you will not be able to use the file system any longer. +can only grow unmounted file systems. +Do not try growing a mounted file system, your system may panic and you will +not be able to use the file system any longer. Most of the options you have used with .Xr newfs 8 -once can not be changed. In fact you can only increase the size of the file -system. Use +once can not be changed. +In fact you can only increase the size of the file system. +Use .Xr tunefs 8 for other changes. -Typically the defaults are reasonable, however -.Nm -has some options to allow the defaults to be overridden. +.Pp +The following options are available: .\".Pp .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl N -Cause the new file system parameters to be printed out -without realy growing the file system. +Cause the new file system parameters to be printed out without actually growing +the file system. .It Fl y .Dq Expert mode Normally .Nm -will ask you, if you took a backup of your data before und will do some tests +will ask you, if you took a backup of your data before and will do some tests if .Ar special is currently mounted or if there are any active snapshots on the filesystem -specified. This will be supressed. So use this option with care! +specified. +This will be supressed. +So use this option with great care! .It Fl s Ar size -The size of the file system after growing in sectors. This value defaults -to the size of the raw partition specified in +The +.Ar size +of the file system after growing in sectors. +This value defaults to the size of the raw partition specified in .Ar special (in other words, .Nm @@ -100,8 +105,10 @@ will grow the file system to the size of the entire partition). .Pp .Dl growfs -s 4194304 /dev/vinum/testvol .Pp -will grow /dev/vinum/testvol up to 2GB if there is enough space in -/dev/vinum/testvol . +will grow +.Pa /dev/vinum/testvol +up to 2GB if there is enough space in +.Pa /dev/vinum/testvol . .Sh BUGS In some cases on .Bx Free @@ -110,27 +117,31 @@ In some cases on did not recognize exactly, if the file system is mounted or not and exits with an error message, then use .Nm --y if you are sure, that the file system is not mounted. +.Fl y +if you are sure, that the file system is not mounted. It is also recommended to always use -.Nm fsck +.Xr fsck 8 after growing just to be on the safe side. .Pp Pay attention, as in certain cases we have to change the location of an file -system internal structure which had never been moved before. Almost everything -works perfect with this relocated structure except the -.Nm fsck(8) -utility. There is a patch available for -.Nm fsck(8) . +system internal structure which had never been moved before. +Almost everything works perfect with this relocated structure except the +.Xr fsck 8 +utility. +There is a patch available for +.Xr fsck 8 ) . For growing above certain limits it is essential to have some free blocks -available in the first cylinder group. To avoid the relocation of that -structure it is currently recommended to use -.Nm ffsinfo -c 0 +available in the first cylinder group. +To avoid the relocation of that structure it is currently recommended to use +.Nm +.Fl c Ar 0 on the first cylinder group and check that -.Nm nbfree +.Em nbfree in the CYLINDER SUMMARY (internal cs) of the CYLINDER GROUP -.Nm cgr0 -has enough blocks. As a rule of thumb for default filesystem parameters a block -is needed for every 2 GB of total filesystem size. +.Em cgr0 +has enough blocks. +As a rule of thumb for default filesystem parameters a block is needed for +every 2 GB of total filesystem size. .Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr vinum 8 , |