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authorblackend <blackend@FreeBSD.org>2003-10-11 09:59:25 +0000
committerblackend <blackend@FreeBSD.org>2003-10-11 09:59:25 +0000
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Add a full example of a file-backed disk creation, I used the Handbook's
example. PR: docs/51897 Submitted by: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
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@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ newfs -U /dev/md10
mount /dev/md10 /tmp
chmod 1777 /tmp
.Ed
+.Pp
+To create a 5MB file-backed disk:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+dd if=/dev/zero of=somebackingfile bs=1k count=5k
+mdconfig -a -t vnode -f somebackingfile -u 0
+bsdlabel -w md0 auto
+newfs md0c
+mount /dev/md0c /mnt
+.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr md 4 ,
.Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
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