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@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ is an arena partition, formatted using
.I File .I File
is an index section, formatted using is an index section, formatted using
.IR fmtisect . .IR fmtisect .
.PD
.PP .PP
After formatting a venti system using After formatting a venti system using
.IR fmtindex , .IR fmtindex ,
@ -381,6 +382,28 @@ or
.LR g .LR g
(case-insensitive) (case-insensitive)
to indicate kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes respectively. to indicate kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes respectively.
.PP
The
.I file
name in the configuration lines above can be of the form
.IB file : lo - hi
to specify a range of the file.
.I Lo
and
.I hi
are specified in bytes but can have the usual
.BI k ,
.BI m ,
or
.B g
suffixes.
Either
.I lo
or
.I hi
may be omitted.
This notation eliminates the need to
partition raw disks on non-Plan 9 systems.
.SS Command Line .SS Command Line
Many of the options to Venti duplicate parameters that Many of the options to Venti duplicate parameters that
can be specified in the configuration file. can be specified in the configuration file.