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Date:      Fri, 19 Jan 2001 05:28:23 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        Valentin Nechayev <netch@carrier.kiev.ua>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall Makefile
Message-ID:  <20010119052823.A7240@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <xzp8zo71y0r.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 02:17:56PM %2B0100
References:  <200101191301.PAQ80768@burka.carrier.kiev.ua> <xzp8zo71y0r.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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* Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> [010119 05:18] wrote:
> netch@carrier.kiev.ua (Valentin Nechayev) writes:
> > sysinstall is extremely valuable to fix system in cases when it is damaged.
> 
> Not really. Except for beginning users, I don't see a use for
> sysinstall once installation is complete.

I usually try to be manly and use fdisk+disklabel+newfs to setup
a new disk, lately I've been more successful at it, but it sure is
a lot less fun that just getting it done in under a minute with
sysinstall.

It's too bad that sysinstall's diskeditor isn't a standalone program.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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