From 84783ceaeb7086e7e3b8d412b40019e8009be601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Fonvieille Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:59:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a full example of a file-backed disk creation, I used the Handbook's example. PR: docs/51897 Submitted by: Kevin Oberman --- sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 b/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 index d631e394548..4c4b3066929 100644 --- a/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/mdconfig/mdconfig.8 @@ -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 ,