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Date:      Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:12:29 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Auto-resize-on-delete patch
Message-ID:  <200112100012.fBA0CT741394@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <49294.1007846108@winston.freebsd.org> <200112082211.fB8MBGm18685@apollo.backplane.com> <20011209165725.D83634@monorchid.lemis.com> <200112092056.fB9KuXY39015@apollo.backplane.com> <15379.63504.607656.273730@caddis.yogotech.com> <20011209175655.S92148@elvis.mu.org>

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:> 
:> FWIW, I *like* this feature very much. :)
:
:Ugh no way!  Make it a seperate key or something, it's nice
:but it's not an adequite reaplcement for 'delete'
:.

    Try it.  build/install libdisk and sysinstall on -current and try
    it.  You won't screw up your system unless you actually commit :-).
    Just go into sysinstall, select your hard disk, 'D'elete everything, 
    hit 'A'uto, and then play with 'D'elete in the auto'd stuff.  Just
    don't commit it :-)

    Personally I think it is easy and straightforward, and no complexity
    to a layperson installing the system.  A separate key, or even JKH's
    idea adds unnecessary complexity (though I am partial to having 
    partitioning templates, I think it's overkill for sysinstall because it
    is simply not possible to cover all our bases for the more experienced
    developers we would be targeting).

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>

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