Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 05:47:07 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removal of Disklabel (was: Re: Dangerously Dedicated) Message-ID: <200011201347.eAKDl7F12951@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Nov 2000 05:31:56 PST." <200011201332.eAKDWTB68389@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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> As the PC architecture requires, just use an fdisk partition rather
> than a disklabel slice (slices are what UNIX vendors call them). For
> that matter I'd be happy if we removed disklabel from the picture
> entirely. I think that should be our goal. The architecture requires
> an fdisk label and disklabel is redundant. It seems like a no-brainer
> to me, just remove support for disklabel entirely. Simple and end of
> argument.
This is painful for lots of other reasons, and the counter-argument is
that this is change for change's sake rather than change to a useful end.
We also need a native disk divvying method for platforms that don't have
their own (eg. Alpha). The BSD disklabel serves this purpose well.
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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