NetBSD/usr.sbin/vnconfig/vnconfig.8

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.\"     @(#)vnconfig.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.Dd July 8, 1993
.Dt VNCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vnconfig
.Nd configure vnode disks
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl c
.Op Fl t Ar typename
.Op Fl v
.Ar vnode_disk
.Ar regular_file
.Op Ar geomspec
.Nm ""
.Fl u
.Op Fl v
.Ar vnode_disk
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
command configures vnode pseudo disk devices.
It will associate the vnode disk
.Ar vnode_disk
with the regular file
.Ar regular_file
allowing the latter to be accessed as though it were a disk.
Hence a regular file within the filesystem can be used for swapping
or can contain a filesystem that is mounted in the name space.
The
.Ar vnode_disk
is a special file of raw partition or name of vnode disk like
.Pa vnd0 .
.Pp
Options indicate an action to be performed:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl c
Configures the device.
If successful, references to
.Ar vnode_disk
will access the contents of
.Ar regular_file .
If
.Op Ar geomspec
is specified, the vnode device will emulate the specified disk geometry.
The format of the
.Op Ar geomspec
argument is
.Dq secsize/nsectors/ntracks/ncylinders .
If geometry is not specified, the kernel will choose a default based on 1MB
cylinders.
.Dq secsize
is the number of bytes per sector.  It must be an even multiple of 512.
.Dq nsectors
is the number of sectors per track.
.Dq ntracks
is the number of tracks per cylinder.
.Dq ncylinders
is the number of cylinders in the device.
.It Fl t Ar typename
If configuring the device, look up
.Ar typename
in
.Pa /etc/disktab
and use the geometry specified in the entry.  This option is mutually
exclusive the
.Ar geomspec
argument.
.It Fl u
Unconfigures the device.
.It Fl v
Print messages to stdout describing actions taken.
.El
.Pp
If no action option is given,
.Fl c
is assumed.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/disktab -compact
.It Pa /dev/rvnd??
.It Pa /dev/vnd??
.It Pa /etc/disktab
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Pp
.Dl vnconfig /dev/vnd0c /tmp/diskimage
or
.Dl vnconfig vnd0 /tmp/diskimage
.Pp
Configures the vnode disk
.Pa vnd0 .
.Pp
.Dl vnconfig /dev/vnd0c /tmp/floppy.img 512/18/2/80
.Pp
Configures the vnode disk
.Pa vnd0
emulating the geometry of 512 bytes per sector, 18 sectors per track,
2 tracks per cylinder, and 80 cylinders total.
.Pp
.Pp
.Dl vnconfig -t floppy /dev/vnd0c /tmp/floppy.img
.Pp
Configures the vnode disk
.Pa vnd0
using the geometry specified in the
.Pa floppy
entry in
.Pa /etc/disktab .
.Pp
.Dl vnconfig -u /dev/vnd0c
.Pp
Unconfigures the
.Pa vnd0
device.
.Sh BUGS
This command should really be named
.Nm vndconfig .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr opendisk 3 ,
.Xr vnd 4 ,
.Xr swapctl 8 ,
.Xr mount 8 ,
.Xr umount 8