Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:13:18 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: Mike Makonnen <mtm@wubethiopia.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, Lothar Braun <lothar@lobraun.de>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years Message-ID: <200807172013.18535.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <487F7399.6040805@psg.com> References: <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com> <200807170919.49756.jhb@freebsd.org> <487F7399.6040805@psg.com>
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On Thursday 17 July 2008 12:30:17 pm Randy Bush wrote: > > I think the best route to that is to have a separate utility for managing > > disk partitioning. The installer can then use that utility, and > > sysadmins can also use it later after the system is installed. > > i often invoke sysinstall on a running system to slice/partition/etc a > new drive Yes, I have found it nicer than raw bsdlabel in the past, but I think it should be a standalone tool (diskpart or some such) that manages that and that the installer should use that tool rather than the installer having a disk partitioning sub-personality. -- John Baldwin
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