cwreserve(1)

NAME
cwreserve - create an empty dynamic partition.

SYNOPSIS
cwreserve [-C cwdir] [-c clockwise] dpname nb bpd dbmhi dbmlo base_block

DESCRIPTION
The utility cwreserve creates an empty dynamic partition with the name dpname and size nb dynamic partition blocks on one or more disks as indicated by the bitmap dbmhi and dbmlo. The parameter bpd defines the number of consecutive dynamic partition blocks on a single disk. The base address to be used for the allocation is identified by base_block. The base block address is only a hint to Clockwise. If the block is already in use, other blocks are allocated. Lastly, cwreserve makes available the block and character device in the directory /dev/cw_dir.

  OPTIONS

-c  Specify clockwise entry point.

-C  Specify the directory in which the block and character devices are created.

BUGS
None that I know off.

EXAMPLES
The following example create a dynamic partition with the name usr0 on disk 0 and 2. The dynamic partition is of size 1GB and each disk has 10 consecutive dynamic partition blocks. The base block address is of no importance.
unix$ cwreserve usr0 1024 10 0 5 -1

SEE ALSO
cwls(1) cwusage(1)