September 21, 2005 NEWFS_SYSVBFS 8

### NAME

newfs_sysvbfs - construct a new System V Boot File System

### SYNOPSIS

newfs_sysvbfs special

### DESCRIPTION

newfs_sysvbfs builds a System V boot file system on the specified special device basing its defaults on the information in the disk label. Before running newfs_sysvbfs the disk must be labeled using disklabel(8); the proper fstype is ``SysVBFS''.

### SEE ALSO

disklabel(5), disktab(5), disklabel(8), diskpart(8)

### HISTORY

A newfs_sysvbfs command first appeared in NetBSD4.0.

### BUGS

The sysvbfs support is still experimental and there are few sanity checks.