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Man Page: newfs_sysvbfs

Operating Environment: netbsd

Section: 8

NEWFS_SYSVBFS(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					  NEWFS_SYSVBFS(8)

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.
BUGS
The sysvbfs support is still experimental and there are few sanity checks.
BSD
April 9, 2009 BSD
Related Man Pages
mkfs(8) - bsd
getdiskbyname(3) - netbsd
setdisktab(3) - netbsd
disktab(5) - netbsd
newfs_v7fs(8) - netbsd
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