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Subject: Re: GEOM mentor request
From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org>
To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 13:23 -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> How about an explicit geom retaste command?  "true > /dev/ada0" is
> misleading to the reader. 

+1. That's just a good idea.

-- Ian