Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "# disklabel -Brw da1 auto" > what did the -r option do, why is it used in this example when > bsdlabel doesn't support it.
It enabled the labeling of an unlabeled "disk". It's used because the handbook is still in transition from the old "disklabel". My copy has a note there saying to omit the "-r" on >=5.1. > "# disklabel -e da1 # create the `e' partition" > Why do I have to make the 'e' partition, explain why 'e' is used and > why can't use other ones like a, c, or d? An explanation of what to do > when your editing the partition table would also be nice. Yup, but if you're just complaining -- please don't, and if you're trying to get it changed, please learn the proper "channels". Problem reports are recommended or at least sending your complaint to the doc@ mailing list, though neither of those methods is very likely to get things changed much faster than it would anyway, unless you can provide some alternative text -- preferably as a "diff -u" of the SGML source files, but OK as plain text. > "# newfs -d0 /dev/da1e" > This command doesn't even work! and what about -O2 and -U options? if > it did work I would have made a UFS1 partition with no soft-updates. On 5.x? I think the default is UFS2 and you could turn on the soft updates at a later time. But I get your point. > "# mkdir -p /1" > -p? what do I need that for? Looks useless to me too. Maybe somebody never uses "mkdir" without it. Some good reading: http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/index.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"