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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000
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The .Nm utility
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@@ -58,14 +58,16 @@
.Op Fl s Ar size
.Ar special
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Newfs
-is used to initialize and clear filesystems before first use.
+The
+.Nm
+utility is used to initialize and clear filesystems before first use.
Before running
.Nm
the disk must be labeled using
.Xr disklabel 8 .
-.Nm Newfs
-builds a filesystem on the specified special file.
+The
+.Nm
+utility builds a filesystem on the specified special file.
(We often refer to the
.Dq special file
as the
@@ -194,8 +196,9 @@ The size of a sector in bytes (almost never anything but 512).
.Pp
Creates a new ufs filesystem on
.Pa ad3s1a .
+The
.Nm
-will use a block size of 16384 bytes, a fragment size of 2048 bytes
+utility will use a block size of 16384 bytes, a fragment size of 2048 bytes
and the largest possible number of blocks per cylinders group.
These values tend to produce better performance for most applications
than the historical defaults
@@ -229,5 +232,5 @@ on filesystems that contain many small files.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
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