Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 10:56:20 +0800 From: Patrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: "security-officer@freebsd.org" <security-officer@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd-announce Digest, Vol 517, Issue 1 Message-ID: <1405133780.51915.YahooMailNeo@web193504.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <86mwcfai8h.fsf@nine.des.no> References: <mailman.73.1405080001.94870.freebsd-announce@freebsd.org> <1405097468.88353.YahooMailNeo@web193504.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> <86mwcfai8h.fsf@nine.des.no>
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Thanks for the explanation, DES.=0A=0ABut do you find a bit strange with th= e current support schedule?=0A=0AThanks and regards,=0APatrick=0A=0A=0A=0AO= n Saturday, July 12, 2014 2:00 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote= :=0A =0A=0A=0APatrick Dung <patrick_dkt@yahoo.com.hk> writes:=0A=0A> Why th= e EOL date of 9.2 is before 9.1?=0A=0AThis is an unfortunate feature of the= current release schedule, where=0Aevery odd-numbered minor release (plus t= he final release from each major=0Abranch, even if it's not odd-numbered) i= s designated as an extended=0Asupport release.=A0 If a normal release is pu= blished less than a year=0Aafter the preceding extended release, it will ex= pire before its=0Apredecessor.=0A=0A9.3-RELEASE, which is due very shortly,= will be supported until the end=0Aof 2016.=0A=0ADES=0A-- =0ADag-Erling Sm= =F8rgrav - des@des.no From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 12 05:10:24 2014 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98EB278E for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:10:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm26-vm7.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm26-vm7.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [216.109.115.214]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 441C02E49 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:10:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.196.81.163] by nm26.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jul 2014 05:06:46 -0000 Received: from [98.138.104.99] by tm9.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jul 2014 05:06:46 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp119.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jul 2014 05:06:46 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s1024; t=1405141606; bh=kU6GqTCIaXjBaECBDDDbb3valmSJkWbndgEmckBmY2o=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:Message-ID:Date:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:From:To:Subject:References; b=3iT99G8Pq990ZjCgFwswSLx23SN7hJGznYa/ahuggk4LB4j+DnuKPfJCkkaL+/dPcrUXOcyur2NPcmdgaSUF05vQ/rMWB8rQrLEgAvE/uYPLtr+z7MJ5e+1oXS3p1we1w2HiQKJjg0+/bVV016lGcPz3LXMZF06uFLylUbIKyVs= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 26331.19595.bm@smtp119.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Message-ID: <26331.19595.bm@smtp119.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:06:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: japjSkwVM1lgFfsmJXCyGTuIU0D9h2At9c.FWjtBijJAm76 5dinNu5JLQXFwPJPKzvlxbGUuL6CsXvAecl.9yHHZTxZqmdC_349CCuSko_e UvzRuzIcgpxfLA889n7yh2qHLXcga6.oiL05UA2mMke2tj59urWK7_R69M.G e64lgTDcK4R213TUoLRDssK4VgVDqGksC.byz1y6iws_wd3ptX.SAut7gMt4 .Nfnoa7a.6m.72NsOTYk0sgKsrTdwPZMkaQmubqeLt0idlD7KpzJsj4wpsal XAJa5ETCsVE.bGlRjodRs.iYbAVn8LYZPJBMhmsmN57eSnlN3.6SgpTny1iE DvKgIEBSqCSaNpCoR9LQeW7YantP_NG20Q89V8BZq51NMTLsTns57loZp5Ok ppjVCDqh.gmYiPlAsqxHNI4srQ5M4.gr8Vzqb6NVEoNg5vsmQlXmLrBIAtal pEuPS7orrtsAieUvCytxcUwgUjP85XOILomLcJPG2BYXk3IDq.mlO_7.eMwZ s5GC1TGpriNbtedPaN_X69qtYzUQ5lfVQVoaRhrVzs9mrZpySw6_EPSPmZZ4 - X-Yahoo-SMTP: Kz_aW1.swBBYof3zAD7.RWzXz9ZAQVDMml1VADsbgPT4Kq79LC0- X-Rocket-Received: from localhost (mueller6724@96.28.178.143 with plain [98.138.31.74]) by smtp119.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Jul 2014 05:06:45 +0000 UTC From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gpart and bsdlabel References: <20140711201114.GA2064@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20140711225249.cf2e3187.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407111502530.48512@wonkity.com> <20140711231222.c09e89fe.freebsd@edvax.de> X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 05:10:24 -0000 > That's correct, but its main usage _today_ is GPT partitioning. > It also has the advantage to usually work better with newer > disks (where the fdisk and bsdlabel combo can get into trouble). > Read my statement as "Nobody uses MBR anymore!" ;-) > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 OpenBSD still uses MBR and has no support for GPT! GPT is a big improvement over traditional BSD disklabels, a royal nuisance to one who has multiple OSes installed on the hard drive. Linux can't find BSD-disklabel subpartitions most of the time, and the various BSDs tend to be unable to find each other's subpartitions. I could work with Linux fdisk but have difficulty with fdisk and bsdlabel/disklabel in NetBSD and FreeBSD. So I've largely switched to GPT and given up on OpenBSD. But I like Rod Smith's gdisk, which is in FreeBSD ports, better than gdisk because of support/recognition of many different partition types, though gpart is good if I want to install FreeBSD onto a USB stick and make it directly bootable. Tom
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