Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:45:21 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: Sean Kelly <smkelly@zombie.org> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_disk.c write_i386_disk.c write_pc98_disk.c Message-ID: <200210260945.g9Q9jL0o099469@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: <20021026025654.GA23034@edgemaster.zombie.org>
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> From: Sean Kelly <smkelly@zombie.org> > Date: Fri 25 Oct, 2002 > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_disk.c write_i386_disk.c write_pc98_disk.c > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 11:15:47PM +0100, Mark Valentine wrote: > ... > > I guess I didn't expect the "compatibility slice" to ever go away... > > I've used FreeBSD since 4.0. I did not know that your "compatibility slice" > method even existed. I've managed to get along without for a long time. "It works until it doesn't..." > > Because DOS doesn't refer to its partition by its index in the MBR partition > > table, and apparently some tools therefore feel free to reorder the table on > > a whim. > > I've never come across any tool that did this. If it does, I would propose > that it is seriously broken. I'll accept that. It was so long ago I can't even remember what did it; maybe I'll find out again when I'm forced to go back to hard coded partition indexes in my fstab. > > ad0s3a is effectively a random place. > > It is almost frightening to me to think that your partition table changes > that much and you aren't aware of what is being moved and to where it is > moved. Other systems on the disk survive it, however. > > Sure, it's only an occasional nuisance. However, it reflects a flaw in > > the system, and is not its only manifestation (see my point about scripts > > and backups). > > What scripts do you need to modify? Once you mount a filesystem, the > scripts refer to the files on it by path. Do you have scripts that play > with the disk devices themselves? Once you modify /etc/fstab, there is > little left that needs done. For myself, generally scripts (actually config files) related to backups; I don't pretend to know where others bury partition device names. Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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