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3.3 KiB
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94 lines
3.3 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: dk.4,v 1.3 2006/08/14 18:58:34 thorpej Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2006 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Jason R. Thorpe.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" Jonathan A. Kollasch used vnd(4) as the template for this man page.
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.\"
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.Dd August 13, 2006
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.Dt DK 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm dk
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.Nd Disk partition
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.Pq wedge
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driver
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "options DKWEDGE_AUTODISCOVER"
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.Cd "options DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL"
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.Cd "options DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT"
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.Cd "options DKWEDGE_METHOD_MBR"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides a disk-like interface to an area of a physical disk.
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Wedges may be configured manually with
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.Xr dkctl 8
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or automatically by the kernel upon the attachment of the physical disk.
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.Sh KERNEL OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL
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.It Dv DKWEDGE_AUTODISCOVER
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Automatically detect and configure wedges using any available methods.
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.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_BSDLABEL
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BSD disklabel detection method.
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.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT
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Extensible Firmware Interface Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table
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(GPT) detection method.
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.It Dv DKWEDGE_METHOD_MBR
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IBM PC-compatible Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning detection method,
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with support for Extended MBRs.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /dev/XXrXdkX -compact
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.It Pa /dev/{,r}dk*
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.Nm
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device special files.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr config 1 ,
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.Xr MAKEDEV 8 ,
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.Xr disklabel 8 ,
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.Xr dkctl 8 ,
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.Xr fdisk 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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driver first appeared in
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.Nx 3.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Jason R. Thorpe .
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