Module Name: src
Committed By: pooka
Date: Tue Dec 1 10:56:33 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/sbin/newfs: newfs.8
Log Message:
Add note saying that special must be a raw device.
PR bin/42391
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.74 -r1.75 src/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
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Index: src/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
diff -u src/sbin/newfs/newfs.8:1.74 src/sbin/newfs/newfs.8:1.75
--- src/sbin/newfs/newfs.8:1.74 Wed Jul 1 02:43:34 2009
+++ src/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 Tue Dec 1 10:56:33 2009
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: newfs.8,v 1.74 2009/07/01 02:43:34 uwe Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: newfs.8,v 1.75 2009/12/01 10:56:33 pooka Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)newfs.8 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/3/95
.\"
-.Dd May 10, 2009
+.Dd December 1, 2009
.Dt NEWFS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -347,6 +347,18 @@
only if the last character of
.Ar special
references the same partition as the minor device number.
+.Pp
+Unless
+.Fl F
+is specified,
+.Ar special
+must be a raw device.
+This means that for example
+.Pa wd0a
+or
+.Pa /dev/rwd0a
+must be specified instead of
+.Pa /dev/wd0a .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fstat 2 ,
.Xr disktab 5 ,
