Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:23:08 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion for the fdisk(8) manual page... Message-ID: <20091220212307.GA27008@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <64c038660912201140uc862597o1cdd7b52f51fbd81@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660912201140uc862597o1cdd7b52f51fbd81@mail.gmail.com>
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--DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:40:48PM -0700, Modulok wrote: > Just a suggestion: >=20 > In the 'Bugs' section of the 'fdisk(8)' man page, could we get a note > that informs users that fdisk is kind of... broken and obsolete? > Something like: >=20 > "fdisk is slowly being replaced by gpart(8). fdisk may not work > correctly. If you see errors such as "fdisk: Class not found", use > gpart(8) instead." As far as I know, "the class not found" just a warning, not an error. In the cases where I've seen it, fdisk still carried out the command it was given. I've always just ignored it. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksulbsACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVnWwCfbK/9VOaBs0vhRKS6CcIs6N1d r14AoJZBzsQm8xng2YlyppEHU5fa4KMO =H1Kt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DocE+STaALJfprDB--
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