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1.1     ! root        1: .TH NEWFS 8 "20 February 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: newfs \- construct a new file system
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/newfs
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-v
        !             9: ] [
        !            10: .B \-n
        !            11: ] [
        !            12: .B mkfs-options
        !            13: ]
        !            14: .B special disk-type
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Newfs
        !            17: is a ``friendly'' front-end to the
        !            18: .IR mkfs (8)
        !            19: program.
        !            20: .I Newfs
        !            21: will look up the type of disk a file system is
        !            22: being created on in the disk description
        !            23: file
        !            24: .IR /etc/disktab ,
        !            25: calculate the appropriate
        !            26: parameters to use in calling
        !            27: .IR mkfs ,
        !            28: then build the file system by forking 
        !            29: .I mkfs 
        !            30: and, if the file system is a root partition,
        !            31: install the necessary bootstrap programs
        !            32: in the initial 8 sectors of the device.
        !            33: The
        !            34: .B \-n
        !            35: option prevents the 
        !            36: bootstrap programs from being installed.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: If the 
        !            39: .B \-v
        !            40: option is supplied, 
        !            41: .I newfs
        !            42: will print out its actions, including
        !            43: the parameters passed to
        !            44: .IR mkfs .
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: Options which may be used to override default
        !            47: parameters passed to
        !            48: .I mkfs
        !            49: are:
        !            50: .TP 10
        !            51: .B \-s size
        !            52: The size of the file system in sectors.
        !            53: .TP 10
        !            54: .B \-b block-size
        !            55: The block size of the file system in bytes.  
        !            56: .TP 10
        !            57: .B \-f frag-size
        !            58: The fragment size of the file system in bytes.
        !            59: .TP 10
        !            60: .B \-t #tracks/cylinder
        !            61: .TP 10
        !            62: .B \-c #cylinders/group
        !            63: The number of cylinders per cylinder group in a file system.
        !            64: The default value used is 16.
        !            65: .TP 10
        !            66: .B \-m free space %
        !            67: The percentage of space reserved from normal users; the minimum
        !            68: free space threshhold.  The default value used is 10%.
        !            69: .TP 10
        !            70: .B \-r revolutions/minute
        !            71: The speed of the disk in revolutions per minute (normally 3600).
        !            72: .TP 10
        !            73: .B \-S sector-size
        !            74: The size of a sector in bytes (almost never anything but 512).
        !            75: .TP 10
        !            76: .B \-i number of bytes per inode
        !            77: This specifies the density of inodes in the file system.
        !            78: The default is to create an inode for each 2048 bytes of data space.
        !            79: If fewer inodes are desired, a larger number should be used;
        !            80: to create more inodes a smaller number should be given.
        !            81: .SH FILES
        !            82: /etc/disktab   for disk geometry and file system partition information 
        !            83: .br
        !            84: /etc/mkfs      to actually build the file system
        !            85: .br
        !            86: /usr/mdec      for boot strapping programs
        !            87: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            88: disktab(5),
        !            89: fs(5),
        !            90: fsck(8),
        !            91: vdformat(8S),
        !            92: mkfs(8),
        !            93: tunefs(8)
        !            94: .PP
        !            95: McKusick, Joy, Leffler; "A Fast File System for Unix",
        !            96: Computer Systems Research Group, Dept of EECS, Berkeley, CA 94720;
        !            97: TR #7, September 1982.
        !            98: .SH BUGS
        !            99: Should figure out the type of the disk without the user's help.

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