NAME
newfs_sysvbfs —
construct a new System
V Boot File System
SYNOPSIS
newfs_sysvbfs |
[-FZ]
[-s
sectors] special |
DESCRIPTION
newfs_sysvbfs builds a System V boot file system on the
specified special. If it is a device, the size information will be taken from
the disk label and before running
newfs_sysvbfs the disk
must be labeled using
disklabel(8); the proper
fstype is “SysVBFS”. Otherwise, the size must be specified on the
command line.
The following arguments are supported:
-
-
- -F
- Create file system to a regular file.
-
-
- -s
sectors
- Create file system with specified number of disk
sectors.
-
-
- -Z
- Fill file with zeroes instead of creating a sparse
file.
SEE ALSO
disklabel(5),
disktab(5),
disklabel(8),
diskpart(8)
HISTORY
A
newfs_sysvbfs command first appeared in
NetBSD 4.0.
AUTHORS
UCHIYAMA Yasushi
<
uch@NetBSD.org>.
BUGS
The sysvbfs support is still experimental and there are few sanity checks.