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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MKFS 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: mkfs, mkbitfs, mklost+found \- construct a disk file system
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /etc/mkfs
        !             7: .I special size
        !             8: [
        !             9: .I spacing cylsize
        !            10: ]
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B /etc/mkbitfs
        !            13: .I special size
        !            14: [
        !            15: .I spacing cylsize
        !            16: ]
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: .B /etc/mklost+found
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: .I Mkfs
        !            21: .RI ( mkbitfs )
        !            22: constructs a regular (bitmapped) file system on the block device
        !            23: .IR special .
        !            24: .I Size
        !            25: is the number of 1KB (4KB)
        !            26: blocks on the special file.
        !            27: Values of
        !            28: .I size
        !            29: for various special files, e.g.
        !            30: .IR ra (4),
        !            31: are given in Section 4.
        !            32: The new file system has a single empty directory and a
        !            33: number of inodes that depends on the size.
        !            34: .PP
        !            35: .I Spacing
        !            36: and
        !            37: .I cylsize
        !            38: are used for block allocation.
        !            39: .I Spacing
        !            40: is the preferred distance between successive blocks of a file;
        !            41: .I cylsize
        !            42: is the number of blocks the system can use
        !            43: without causing a disk seek.
        !            44: Suboptimal default values
        !            45: are built into the programs;
        !            46: some reasonable values are suggested below.
        !            47: .PP
        !            48: .I Mklost+found
        !            49: creates a directory called
        !            50: .B lost+found
        !            51: in the working directory
        !            52: with several empty slots.
        !            53: This directory is used as a repository
        !            54: for disconnected files
        !            55: recovered by
        !            56: .IR fsck (8)
        !            57: and
        !            58: .IR chuck (8).
        !            59: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            60: .EX
        !            61: /etc/mkbitfs /dev/ra03 31231
        !            62: /etc/mount /dev/ra03 /mnt
        !            63: cd /mnt
        !            64: /etc/mklost+found
        !            65: .EE
        !            66: .br
        !            67: .ns
        !            68: .IP
        !            69: Notice the change of units between
        !            70: .IR ra (4)
        !            71: and here: 31231 = 249848\(**512/4096.
        !            72: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            73: .IR filsys (5),
        !            74: .IR fsck (8)
        !            75: .SH BUGS
        !            76: .I Fsck
        !            77: should make
        !            78: .I lost+found
        !            79: automatically
        !            80: when needed.
        !            81: .SH MACHINE DEPENDENCIES
        !            82: Here are empirically good values for 
        !            83: .I spacing
        !            84: and
        !            85: .I cylsize
        !            86: for VAX hardware.
        !            87: Minor changes, such as a new version of a controller,
        !            88: can invalidate them.
        !            89: To be certain,
        !            90: run your own experiments.
        !            91: Cylinder size doesn't seem to matter much
        !            92: on RA81 disks.
        !            93: On RA90s, it doesn't matter as long as it is large.
        !            94: .PP
        !            95: .2C
        !            96: Bitmapped (4K) file systems
        !            97: .nf
        !            98: .if n .ta 6 +6 +6
        !            99: space  cyl     disk, controller, CPU
        !           100: 2      500     RA90, KDB50, VAX 8550
        !           101: 4      500     RA90, UDA50, VAX 8550
        !           102: 2      40      RA81, KDB50, VAX 8550
        !           103: 3      40      RA81, old KDB50, VAX 8550
        !           104: 3      40      RA81, UDA50, VAX 8550
        !           105: 3      105     Wren VI, Viking UDD, VAX 8550
        !           106: 4      40      RA81, UDA50, VAX-11/750
        !           107: 3      40      RA60, UDA50, VAX-11/750
        !           108: 3      40      RA81, KDA50, MicroVAX II
        !           109: 1      40      RD54, RQDX3, MicroVAX II
        !           110: 3      40      RA81, KDA50, MicroVAX III
        !           111: Old-style (1K) file systems
        !           112: space  cyl     disk, controller, CPU
        !           113: 5      357     RA81, KDB50, VAX 8550
        !           114: 7      357     RA81, UDA50, VAX-11/780
        !           115: 7      357     RA81, KDA50, MicroVAX II
        !           116: 7      128     RD54, RQDX3, MicroVAX II
        !           117: 6      357     RA81, KDA50, MicroVAX III
        !           118: .sp5
        !           119: .1C

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