On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 09:57:31AM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 01:03:37PM -0500, William Boshuck wrote: > > > > Sorry, this does seem ok in 4.3. (An example in > > the FAQ uses a relative path, and that's what I've > > always done.) > > It only seems ok in 4.3 *if you ignore the warning from newfs*. > > I repeat: running newfs on a block device is not good. Use the raw device. > 4.4 enforces that, but if you are running newfs on an older system, > this holds too.
Ok, thanks, and sorry if I seem to have suggested otherwise. The man page says that if I use a relative path then newfs will do the right thing (use the corresponding raw device), and that's the form of the command in Section 14.3 of the FAQ. What I read in the FAQ (and in the EXAMPLES sections of man pages) I am inclined to take as recommended usage. Is that the case here, too? cheers, (and thanks for the background info) -wb
