Re: Manual creation of a vnd image - newfs freezes

[Sarton O'Brien <bsd-xen%roguewrt.org@localhost>]

On Sunday 07 January 2007 21:57, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > Not being an old hand at disklabel, I kept it as simple as possible using
> > as many defaults as I could. It all seemed to go accordingly up until
> > issuing newfs on vnd0a where it would freeze after a second or two.
>
> Did you try using rvnd0a instead ?

No I didn't but I have just now and that works fine.

How come that is the case? I've just seen a new thread on current-users about 
creating images and rvnd wasn't mentioned ...

I am quite naive when it comes to how devices function. Any information is 
appreciated. I'm definitely interested in the technical reason.

Thanks Manuel.

Sarton