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* Expand the example descriptions, fix mdoc-bugs in

"(-a and -t vnode are implied)"
  and reuse it near the cd9660 example.
* Spell 'backing store' as two words.
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Giorgos Keramidas 2007-11-11 08:12:21 +00:00
parent 42a227f8ba
commit d257bc4a71
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=173539

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@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
.\" .\"
.\" $FreeBSD$ .\" $FreeBSD$
.\" .\"
.Dd November 9, 2007 .Dd November 11, 2007
.Dt MDCONFIG 8 .Dt MDCONFIG 8
.Os .Os
.Sh NAME .Sh NAME
@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ panic a system.
.It Cm vnode .It Cm vnode
A file specified with A file specified with
.Fl f Ar file .Fl f Ar file
becomes the backingstore for this memory disk. becomes the backing store for this memory disk.
.It Cm swap .It Cm swap
Swap space is used to back this memory disk. Swap space is used to back this memory disk.
.El .El
@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ To create a disk named
.Pa /dev/md4 .Pa /dev/md4
with with
.Pa /tmp/boot.flp .Pa /tmp/boot.flp
as backing: as backing storage:
.Pp .Pp
.Dl mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u 4 .Dl mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/boot.flp -u 4
.Pp .Pp
@ -194,7 +194,9 @@ To detach and free all resources used by
.Pp .Pp
.Dl mdconfig -d -u 4 .Dl mdconfig -d -u 4
.Pp .Pp
To create and mount a 128MByte swap backed file system on To create a 128MByte swap backed disk, initialize an
.Xr ffs 7
file system on it, and mount it on
.Pa /tmp : .Pa /tmp :
.Bd -literal -offset indent .Bd -literal -offset indent
mdconfig -a -t swap -s 128M -u 10 mdconfig -a -t swap -s 128M -u 10
@ -203,10 +205,10 @@ mount /dev/md10 /tmp
chmod 1777 /tmp chmod 1777 /tmp
.Ed .Ed
.Pp .Pp
To create a 5MB file-backed disk ( To create a 5MB file-backed disk
.Fl -a .Ns ( Fl a
and and
.Fl -t Ar vnode .Fl t Ar vnode
are implied): are implied):
.Bd -literal -offset indent .Bd -literal -offset indent
dd if=/dev/zero of=somebackingfile bs=1k count=5k dd if=/dev/zero of=somebackingfile bs=1k count=5k
@ -216,12 +218,21 @@ newfs md0c
mount /dev/md0c /mnt mount /dev/md0c /mnt
.Ed .Ed
.Pp .Pp
To mount an ISO 9660 CD image file: To create an
.Xr md 4
device out of an ISO 9660 CD image file
.Ns ( Fl a
and
.Fl t Ar vnode
are implied), using the first available
.Xr md 4
device, and then mount the new memory disk:
.Bd -literal -offset indent .Bd -literal -offset indent
mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -a -t vnode -f cdimage.iso` /mnt mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -f cdimage.iso` /mnt
.Ed .Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO .Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr md 4 , .Xr md 4 ,
.Xr ffs 7 ,
.Xr bsdlabel 8 , .Xr bsdlabel 8 ,
.Xr fdisk 8 , .Xr fdisk 8 ,
.Xr mdmfs 8 , .Xr mdmfs 8 ,