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bximage(1) The Bochs Project bximage(1) NAME
bximage - Interactive Disk Image Creator for Bochs SYNOPSIS
bximage [options] [filename] DESCRIPTION
Bximage is an easy to use console based tool for creating disk images, particularly for use with Bochs. It is completely interac- tive if no command line arguments are used. It can be switched to a non-interactive mode if all required parameters are given in the command line. OPTIONS
When you run bximage without one of the following options, it will appear in interactive mode and ask for all required parameters to create an image. -fd Create a floppy image. -hd Create a hard disk image. -mode=... Image mode (for hard disks only - see the bochsrc sample for supported options). -size=... Image size in megabytes (e.g. 1.44 for floppy image, 10 for hard disk image). -q Quiet mode (don't prompt for user input). Without this option bximage uses the command line parameters as defaults for the inter- active mode. If this option is given and one of the required parameters is missing, bximage will fall back to interactive mode. --help Print a summary of the command line options for bximage and exit. The filename parameter specifies the name of the image to be created. LICENSE
This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. See the COPYING file located in /usr/local/share/doc/bochs/ for details on the license and the lack of warranty. AVAILABILITY
The latest version of this program can be found at: http://bochs.sourceforge.net/getcurrent.html SEE ALSO
bochs(1), bochsrc(5), bochs-dlx(1), bxcommit(1) The Bochs IA-32 Emulator site on the World Wide Web: http://bochs.sourceforge.net Online Bochs Documentation http://bochs.sourceforge.net/doc/docbook AUTHORS
Bximage was written by Bryce Denney, based on several similar tools from the bochs-developers list. BUGS
Please report all bugs to the bug tracker on our web site. Just go to http://bochs.sourceforge.net, and click "Bug Reports" on the sidebar under "Feedback." Provide a detailed description of the bug, the version of the program you are running, the operating system you are running the program on and the operating system you are running in the emulator. bximage 29 Dec 2005 bximage(1)
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jfs_mkfs(8) JFS file system creation jfs_mkfs(8) NAME
jfs_mkfs - create a JFS formatted partition SYNOPSIS
jfs_mkfs [options] device [ blocks ] DESCRIPTION
jfs_mkfs is used to create (format) a JFS partition. jfs_mkfs must be run as root. device is the special file name corresponding to the actual device (e.g. /dev/hdb1) on which a JFS file system and/or JFS journal will be created. blocks is the number of blocks to be used for the file system. If omitted, jfs_mkfs automatically figures the file system size. The default block size is 4096. WARNING
jfs_mkfs will destroy all data on the specified device! OPTIONS
-c Check the device for bad blocks before building the file system. -j journal_device Create the external JFS journal on journal_device , create the JFS file system on device , and attach the external journal to the file system. -J journal-options Create the JFS journal on its own device or attach an external JFS journal to the JFS file system using options specified on the command-line. The following journal options are supported: journal_dev Create an external JFS journal on the given device. device=external-journal Attach an existing external JFS journal located on external-journal to the JFS file system that will be created on device. The external journal must already have been created using the command jfs_mkfs -J journal_dev external-journal Attach the external journal to the file system being created by using the command jfs_mkfs -J device=external-journal device Instead of specifying a device name directly, external-journal can also be specified by either LABEL=label or UUID=UUID to locate the external journal by either the volume label or UUID stored in the JFS external log superblock at the start of the journal. Use jfs_tune(8) to display a journal device's volume label and UUID. (See the -l, -L, and -U options of jfs_tune(8).) Only one of the journal_dev or device= options can be given per jfs_mkfs issuance. -L volume_label Set the volume label for the newly formatted device. If -L volume_label is used along with -J journal_device, the volume label of the specified external journal device will be set to volume_label. Otherwise, the volume label of the JFS file system will be set to volume_label. -O Provide case-insensitive support for compatibility with OS/2. -q Quiet execution - do not ask for confirmation before creating the file system. -s log_size Set the log size (in megabytes) of the inline log. If the -s option is not used, the default log size is 0.4% of the aggregate size. -V Print version information and exit (regardless of any other chosen options). EXAMPLES
Format 3rd partition on 2nd hard disk with the volume label "JFS_hdb3": jfs_mkfs -L JFS_hdb3 /dev/hdb3 Format 5th partition on 1st hard disk, verifying each block created: jfs_mkfs -c /dev/hda5 Format 3rd partition on 2nd hard disk as external journal, format 4th partition on 1st hard disk as JFS file system, and attach the exter- nal journal to the file system: jfs_mkfs -j /dev/hdb3 /dev/hda4 REPORTING BUGS
If you find a bug in JFS or jfs_mkfs, please report it via the bug tracking system ("Report Bugs" section) of the JFS project web site: http://jfs.sourceforge.net/ Please send as much pertinent information as possible including any error messages resulting from running jfs_mkfs. SEE ALSO
mkfs(8), jfs_fsck(8), jfs_fscklog(8), jfs_tune(8), jfs_logdump(8), jfs_debugfs(8) AUTHORS
Barry Arndt (barndt@us.ibm.com) William Braswell, Jr. jfs_mkfs is maintained by IBM. See the JFS project web site for more details: http://jfs.sourceforge.net/ March 9, 2005 jfs_mkfs(8)