Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:21:38 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of Disklabel Message-ID: <200011220121.SAA39083@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Nov 2000 16:57:57 EST." <200011212157.QAA21696@world.std.com> References: <200011212157.QAA21696@world.std.com>
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In message <200011212157.QAA21696@world.std.com> Kenneth W Cochran writes: : 1. I find BSD fdisk complex & unwieldy. I like the fdisk : tools in Slackware Linux, specifically fdisk & cfdisk; : Slackware's fdisk works enough like that in M$, SCO & : Interactive (remember that? :) to be Reasonably : Familiar. So, when I need to lay-out a hdd, I usually : use the Slackware tools, but also PartitionMagic, : depending on What I'm Trying To Do. Then I change the : type indicator for BSD. Maybe some kind of "port" of : Slackware's fdisk/cfdisk might be in order? I have a partial port of OpenBSD's fdisk, and it is much, much nicer. I also have a partial port of disklabel -E, but both of these have rotted so much they don't even compile any more. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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