Subject: Re: misc/34568: bug in netbsd guide
To: None <misc-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/21/2006 21:35:02
The following reply was made to PR misc/34568; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: misc-bug-people@NetBSD.org, gnats-admin@NetBSD.org,
	netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org, gmawby@yahoo.com.au
Subject: Re: misc/34568: bug in netbsd guide
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:31:31 +0200

 On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 10:25:02AM +0000, gmawby@yahoo.com.au wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR misc/34568; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: gmawby@yahoo.com.au
 > To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: misc/34568: bug in netbsd guide
 > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:25:36 +1000
 > 
 >  On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 06:40:02PM +0000, Jukka Salmi wrote:
 >  > The following reply was made to PR misc/34568; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >  > 
 >  > From: Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd@2006.salmi.ch>
 >  > To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 >  > Cc: 
 >  > Subject: Re: misc/34568: bug in netbsd guide
 >  > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:37:55 +0200
 >  > 
 >  >  gmawby@yahoo.com.au wrote:
 >  >  > >Description:
 >  >  > 	Section 19.7 of the guide should read newfs /dev/rsd0a not /dev/sda
 >  >  > 	same for newfs /dev/rsd0e not /dev/sd0e
 >  >  
 >  >  ...or probably just
 >  >  
 >  >  	newfs sd0a
 >  >  	newfs sd0e
 >  >  
 >  >  -- 
 >  >  If fifty million people say a foolish thing,
 >  >  it is still a foolish thing.
 >  >  
 >  >  	Anatole France
 >  >  
 >  > 
 >  > 
 >   I thought it had to be the raw device!?
 
 Yes, but newfs (and fsck, and a few other tools) will convert 'sd0a' to
 '/dev/rsd0a'
 
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 Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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