[Bug 223248] Found error in handbook 17.9.2. Creating a File- or Memory-Backed Memory Disk

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            Bug ID: 223248
           Summary: Found error in handbook 17.9.2. Creating a File- or
                    Memory-Backed Memory Disk
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: thatguyrenic at gmail.com

Handbook Section 17.9.2 (Creating a File- or Memory-Backed Memory Disk)

The line which reads:


To create a new file-backed memory disk, first allocate an area of disk to use.
This example creates an empty 5K file named newimage:


Should actually state that the command creates a 5.0MB file.

This is shown in the sample output and easily verifiable by anyone when they
run the shown command:

# dd if=/dev/zero of=newimage bs=1k count=5k

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