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8*63565Sbostic.Dd
9*63565Sbostic.Dt NEWLFS 8
10*63565Sbostic.Os BSD 4.4
11*63565Sbostic.Sh NAME
12*63565Sbostic.Nm newlfs
13*63565Sbostic.Nd construct a new LFS file system
14*63565Sbostic.Sh SYNOPSIS
15*63565Sbostic.Nm newlfs
16*63565Sbostic.Fl L
17*63565Sbostic.Op Ar newlfs-options
18*63565Sbostic.Ar special
19*63565Sbostic.Sh DESCRIPTION
20*63565Sbostic.Nm Newlfs
21*63565Sbosticbuilds a log-structured file system on the specified special
22*63565Sbosticdevice basing its defaults on the information in the disk label.
23*63565Sbostic(Before running
24*63565Sbostic.Nm newlfs
25*63565Sbosticthe disk must be labeled using
26*63565Sbostic.Xr disklabel 8 .)
27*63565Sbostic.Pp
28*63565SbosticThe following options define the general layout policies.
29*63565Sbostic.Bl -tag -width Fl
30*63565Sbostic.It Fl B
31*63565SbosticThe logical segment size of the file system in bytes.
32*63565Sbostic.It Fl b Ar block-size
33*63565SbosticThe block size of the file system in bytes.
34*63565Sbostic.It Fl L
35*63565SbosticCreate a log-structured file system (LFS).
36*63565SbosticThis flag is currently required.
37*63565Sbostic.It Fl m Ar free space \&%
38*63565SbosticThe percentage of space reserved from normal users; the minimum
39*63565Sbosticfree space threshold.  The default value used is 10%.
40*63565SbosticSee
41*63565Sbostic.Xr tunefs 8
42*63565Sbosticfor more details on how to set this option.
43*63565Sbostic.It Fl s Ar size
44*63565SbosticThe size of the file system in sectors.
45*63565Sbostic.El
46*63565Sbostic.Sh SEE ALSO
47*63565Sbostic.Xr disktab 5 ,
48*63565Sbostic.Xr fs 5 ,
49*63565Sbostic.Xr dumplfs 8 ,
50*63565Sbostic.Xr disklabel 8 ,
51*63565Sbostic.Xr diskpart 8 ,
52*63565Sbostic.Xr tunefs 8
53*63565Sbostic.Rs
54*63565Sbostic.%A M. McKusick
55*63565Sbostic.%A W. Joy
56*63565Sbostic.%A S. Leffler
57*63565Sbostic.%A R. Fabry
58*63565Sbostic.%T A Fast File System for UNIX ,
59*63565Sbostic.%J ACM Transactions on Computer Systems 2
60*63565Sbostic.%V 3
61*63565Sbostic.%P pp 181-197
62*63565Sbostic.%D August 1984
63*63565Sbostic.%O (reprinted in the BSD System Manager's Manual)
64*63565Sbostic.Re
65*63565Sbostic.Sh HISTORY
66*63565SbosticThe
67*63565Sbostic.Nm
68*63565Sbosticcommand appeared in
69*63565Sbostic.Bx 4.4 .
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