newfs_vxfs(1M)newfs_vxfs(1M)NAME
newfs_vxfs: newfs - create a new VxFS file system
SYNOPSIS
disk_type] swap]
[mkfs_vxfs_options] special
DESCRIPTION
builds a VxFS file system by invoking
special specifies a character (or raw) file (for example, or
Options
recognizes the following options:
Reserve space for boot programs past the end of the
file system. If the file is present on the sys‐
tem, sufficient space to accommodate that file is
reserved; otherwise 691 kilobytes are reserved.
This option decreases the size of the file system
being created. This option cannot be used if the
file-system size is also specified using (see
options below).
Specify the file-system type
Use disk parameters from the
disk_type named in This option is provided for
backward compatibility with previous HP-UX
releases. Any parameters specified on the command
line will the corresponding values in Any values
not specified in the command line and not shown
in are defaulted.
Reserve swap megabytes of swap space past the end of the
file system. This option decreases the size of
the file system to be created by the specified
number of megabytes. cannot be used if the file-
system size is also specified using (see options
below).
Specify verbose mode.
prints out its actions, including the parameters
passed to
Echo the completed command line, but do not execute the command.
If not valid, prints an error message. The com‐
mand line is generated by incorporating the user-
specified options and other information derived
from This option allows the user to verify the
command line.
NOTE: You can specify the and options in the same command line. In
that case, both the requested swap space and the space needed for boot
programs are reserved. These options are used when the file system
size is defaulted to the size of the entire disk.
mkfs_vxfs Options
The following additional command-line options can be used to override
default parameters passed to
File system block size in bytes. The default value is
1024 bytes for systems smaller than two ter‐
abytes. For Version 5 disk layout file systems
larger than two terabytes, the maximum file sys‐
tem size is dependent on the block size. A four
terabyte file system requires a 1K block size, An
eight terabyte file system requires a 2K block
size, a 16 TB file system requires a 4K block
size, and a 32 TB file system requires an 8K
block size.
Valid only for the Version 4 and 5 disk layouts.
This option controls the largefiles flag for the
file system. If is specified, the bit is set and
files two gigabytes or larger can be created. If
is specified, the bit is cleared and files cre‐
ated on the files system are limited to less than
two gigabytes. The default is See mkfs_vxfs(1M),
mount_vxfs(1M), and fsadm_vxfs(1M).
File system size in
blocks (defined in The default value is the size
of the entire disk or disk section, minus any
swap or boot space requested. The size specifies
the number of sectors in the file system. By
default, size is specified in units of sectors.
However, you can append a suffix to size to indi‐
cate another unit of measure. Append or to indi‐
cate that the value is in kilobytes, or to indi‐
cate megabytes, or or to indicate gigabytes.
Operands
recognizes the following operand:
special A character (raw) file.
EXAMPLES
To create a VxFS file system on or and reserve 40 megabytes of swap
space.
FILES
Disk description file.
Static information about the file systems.
SEE ALSOfsadm_vxfs(1M), mkfs(1M), mkfs_vxfs(1M), mount_vxfs(1M), newfs(1M),
disktab(4).
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