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authorgrog <grog@FreeBSD.org>1998-12-27 02:55:28 +0000
committergrog <grog@FreeBSD.org>1998-12-27 02:55:28 +0000
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- Clarify the manner in which mirroring is performed
- Get the (tm) signal correct in nroff versions - Correct highlighting (docs/9196) Sigh. This is still a long way from being correct. In particular, the states are both incorrect, and they don't format properly in troff. But it will have to wait until I stop changing the meanings of the states.
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/vinum.412
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vinum.4 b/share/man/man4/vinum.4
index b0c99f0..dccb3d3 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vinum.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vinum.4
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
.\" otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if
.\" advised of the possibility of such damage.
.\"
-.\" $Id: vinum.4,v 1.3 1998/11/03 07:02:58 grog Exp $
+.\" $Id: vinum.4,v 1.7 1998/11/05 01:28:56 grog Exp grog $
.\"
.Dd 22 July 1998
.Dt vinum 4
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ It provides device-independent logical disks, called \fIvolumes\fP. Volumes are
not restricted to the size of any disk on the system.
.It
The volumes consist of one or more \fIplexes\fP, each of which contain the
-entire address space of a volume. Multiple plexes can be used for
+entire address space of a volume. This represents an implementation of RAID-1
+(mirroring). Multiple plexes can also be used for
.\" XXX What about sparse plexes? Do we want them?
.if t .sp
.Bl -bullet
@@ -137,10 +138,7 @@ offers automatic startup. Unlike UNIX file systems,
.Nm
volumes contain all the configuration information needed to ensure that they are
started correctly when the subsystem is enabled. This is also a significant
-advantage over the
-.if t Veritas\ (tm
-.if n Veritas(tm)
-File System. This feature regards the presence
+advantage over the Veritas\(tm File System. This feature regards the presence
of the volumes. It does not mean that the volumes will be mounted
automatically, since the standard startup procedures with
.Pa /etc/fstab
@@ -159,7 +157,7 @@ to issue an error message and terminate.
is currently available in two versions: a freely available version which does
not contain RAID-5 functionality, and a full version including RAID-5
functionality, which is available from Cybernet Systems
-Inc. (\f(CWhttp://www.cybernet.com\fP).
+Inc. (http://www.cybernet.com\fR).
.Sh RUNNING VINUM
The freely available version of the
.Nm
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