Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:11:09 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, r00t_0101@yahoo.com, danny@cs.huji.ac.il Subject: Re: BSD/Linux slices like Solaris' Solstice DiskSuite Message-ID: <200610201111.k9KBB90l071861@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <E1GaqOt-000NRs-7f@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il>
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Danny Braniss wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > To change the active slice to, say, the third one, use the > > command "fdisk -a 3 /dev/yourdisk". That will request for > > confirmation interactively. To do it non-interactively > > (e.g. in a script), use "echo a 3 | fdisk -f - /dev/...". > > I use 'bsdlabel -s[1234] /dev/mydisk' all the time when > changing between 'slices' Uhm? What version of FreeBSD are you using? In RELENG_6 I only get the usage message when I try -s, and the manpage doesn't mention it either. Looking at the source, the getopt(3) string indeed contains "s:", but the code never checks for it and falls through to the default case (which spits out the usage message and exits). Looks like a bug. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success." -- Dennis M. Ritchie.
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