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authorkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-29 08:12:09 +0000
committerkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-29 08:12:09 +0000
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Mention that fdisk(8) should be used to grow the containing slice
before growing partitions with growfs(8), if necessary. PR: docs/42148 Submitted by: Chris S.J. Peron <maneo@bsdpro.com>
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diff --git a/sbin/growfs/growfs.8 b/sbin/growfs/growfs.8
index 59bf016..d9a5b44 100644
--- a/sbin/growfs/growfs.8
+++ b/sbin/growfs/growfs.8
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ Before starting
.Nm
the disk must be labeled to a bigger size using
.Xr disklabel 8 .
+If you wish to grow a filesystem beyound the boundary of
+the slice it resides in, you must re-size the slice using
+.Xr fdisk 8
+before running
+.Nm .
If you are using volumes you must enlarge them by using
.Xr vinum 8 .
The
@@ -173,6 +178,7 @@ mode.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr disklabel 8 ,
.Xr dumpfs 8 ,
+.Xr fdisk 8 ,
.Xr ffsinfo 8 ,
.Xr fsck 8 ,
.Xr newfs 8 ,
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