PDISK(8) - System Manager’s Manual # PDISK(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # pdisk - HFS(DPME) partition maintenance program
SYNOPSIS # pdisk [-lr] disk
DESCRIPTION # pdisk is a menu driven program which partitions disks using the standard Apple disk partitioning scheme described in “Inside Macintosh: Devices”. It does not support the Intel/DOS partitioning scheme supported by fdisk(8).
The options are as follows:
-l
List the partition map for the specified disk.
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RESTORE(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RESTORE(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # restore, rrestore - restore files or file systems from backups made with dump
SYNOPSIS # restore [-chimRrtvxy] [-b blocksize] [-f file] [-s fileno] [file …]
DESCRIPTION # The restore command performs the inverse function of dump(8). A full backup of a file system may be restored and subsequent incremental backups layered on top of it. Single files and directory subtrees may be restored from full or partial backups.
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SOFTRAID(4) - Device Drivers Manual # SOFTRAID(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # softraid - software RAID
SYNOPSIS # softraid0 at root
DESCRIPTION # The softraid device emulates a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) that provides RAID and other I/O related services. The softraid device provides a scaffold to implement more complex I/O transformation disciplines. For example, one can tie chunks together into a mirroring discipline. There really is no limit on what type of discipline one can write as long as it fits the SCSI model.
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TUNEFS(8) - System Manager’s Manual # TUNEFS(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # tunefs - tune up an existing file system
SYNOPSIS # tunefs [-AFN] [-e maxbpg] [-g avgfilesize] [-h avgfpdir] [-m minfree] [-o optimize_preference] special | filesys
DESCRIPTION # tunefs is designed to change the dynamic parameters of a file system which affect the layout policies.
The options are as follows:
-A
Cause the values to be updated in all the alternate superblocks instead of just the standard superblock.
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Newfs,
Config,
Makedev,
Sd,
Fdisk,
Ioctl,
Disklabel,
Mount,
Vnconfig,
Fsck,
Vnd VND(4) - Device Drivers Manual # VND(4) - Device Drivers Manual
NAME # vnd - vnode disk driver
SYNOPSIS # pseudo-device vnd [count]
DESCRIPTION # The vnd driver provides a disk-like interface to a file. This is useful for a variety of applications, such as building miniroot or floppy disk images.
This document assumes familiarity with how to generate kernels and how to properly configure disks and pseudo-devices in a kernel configuration file.
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