SCCS-vsn: sbin/newfs/newfs.8 6.5
-.\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987 Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
.\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement
.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
.\"
-.\" @(#)newfs.8 6.4 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\" @(#)newfs.8 6.5 (Berkeley) %G%
The
.B \-N
option causes the file system parameters to be printed out
The
.B \-N
option causes the file system parameters to be printed out
-without actually creating the file system.
+without really creating the file system.
.PP
The following options define the general layout policies.
.TP 10
.PP
The following options define the general layout policies.
.TP 10
.TP 10
.B \-m free space %
The percentage of space reserved from normal users; the minimum
.TP 10
.B \-m free space %
The percentage of space reserved from normal users; the minimum
-free space threshhold. The default value used is 10%.
+free space threshold. The default value used is 10%.
.TP 10
.B \-o optimization preference (``space'' or ``time'')
The file system can either be instructed to try to minimize the time spent
.TP 10
.B \-o optimization preference (``space'' or ``time'')
The file system can either be instructed to try to minimize the time spent
to build a file system whose raw image will eventually be used
on a different type of disk than the one on which it is initially
created (for example on a write-once disk).
to build a file system whose raw image will eventually be used
on a different type of disk than the one on which it is initially
created (for example on a write-once disk).
+Note that changing any of these values from their
+defaults will make it impossible for
+.I fsck
+to find the alternate superblocks if the standard super block is lost.
.TP 10
.B \-r revolutions/minute
The speed of the disk in revolutions per minute.
.TP 10
.B \-r revolutions/minute
The speed of the disk in revolutions per minute.