Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:40:48 -0700 From: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestion for the fdisk(8) manual page... Message-ID: <64c038660912201140uc862597o1cdd7b52f51fbd81@mail.gmail.com>
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List, Just a suggestion: 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: "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." That way, when you're confronted by the initially mysterious, "fdisk: Class not found" error, you don't waste tons of time double and triple checking slice table syntax and what not. Maybe even right at the top of the man page. Yes, it bit me today. Looking through the archives, apparently I'm not the only one. Thanks! -Modulok-
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