Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 11:39:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB stick and some help with it. [SOLVED] The usb stick is in the trash now. Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508041120560.88223@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <55C0E688.3000203@sneakertech.com> References: <55BF6AA0.2030802@bananmonarki.se> <55C0084B.4000209@bananmonarki.se> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508040929270.51177@wonkity.com> <55C0E688.3000203@sneakertech.com>
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On Tue, 4 Aug 2015, Quartz wrote: >> I have not found a Linux utility similar to gpart > > Umm.... you do know that linux has gpart too, right? Like, it's a standard > part of most distros, and it's what GParted Live is based around? I thought GParted live was based around parted. Either way, having the same name does not mean they have the same capabilities or the same user interface. But no, I don't think there has been a gpart program on the Linux utility disks I use. For partitioning, they usually have two or three menu-based programs and cfdisk. > But ignoring that for the moment, there are a bunch of other programs that do > all the same things in basically the same way. For example, "sgdisk -Z > /dev/sda" and "gpart destroy /dev/sda" both nuke the partition information > for a given disk. Okay. Can you point me to a man page or utility distribution with that version of gpart for Linux? The man pages I've found seem to be for a very old utility that reconstructs partition tables. >> Some Linux utilities can be useful, but don't reach for them >> until you have tried what is available in FreeBSD. > > It's not like FreeBSD has some kind of monopoly GPT stuff or useful disk > utilities, any other *nix OS has pretty much all the same tools. True. On the other hand, my experience is that FreeBSD generally handles those things in a more useful way. And I don't see the point in grabbing a Linux utility disk when FreeBSD is already running and has the tools for the job.
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