On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 12:05:51AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2007-11-09 21:34, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:02:52PM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > keramida 2007-11-09 18:02:51 UTC > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository (doc committer) > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sbin/mdconfig mdconfig.8 > > > Log: > > > Instead of hardcoding md10 as the device node in the cd9660 example, > > > use a trick submitted by Ruslan. > > > > > | @@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ mount /dev/md0c /mnt > > > | .Pp > > > | To mount an ISO 9660 CD image file: > > > | .Bd -literal -offset indent > > > | -mdconfig -a -t vnode -u 10 -f cdimage.iso > > > | -mount_cd9660 /dev/md10 /mnt > > > | +mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cdimage.iso` /mnt > > > | .Ed > > > | .Sh SEE ALSO > > > | .Xr md 4 , > > > > I'm concerned that this actually misses the point, which is to create > > an md device backed by a .iso file. > > Similar concerns have been raised by bde a while ago. I have a slightly > improved patch now, which describes *all* the steps of the example. > > This one actually *notes* that the mdconfig command creates an md(4) > device, and then mounts it, instead of saying that we 'mount an iso'.
Thanks! I like this much better, but have one little nit to pick: > -To mount an ISO 9660 CD image file: > +To create an > +.Xr md 4 > +disk out of an ISO 9660 CD image file Can you use "device" rather than "disk" here please? > +.Ns ( Fl a > +and > +.Fl t Ar vnode > +are implied), using the first available > +.Xr md 4 > +device node, and then mount the new memory disk: Ditto. Thanks! Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere
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