From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 20 21:23:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4133610656F2 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:23:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAE248FC1C for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:23:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nBKLN8To043932; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:23:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 08702BAAB; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:23:08 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:23:08 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Modulok Message-ID: <20091220212307.GA27008@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <64c038660912201140uc862597o1cdd7b52f51fbd81@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DocE+STaALJfprDB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <64c038660912201140uc862597o1cdd7b52f51fbd81@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestion for the fdisk(8) manual page... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:23:10 -0000 --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:40:48PM -0700, Modulok wrote: > Just a suggestion: >=20 > In the 'Bugs' section of the 'fdisk(8)' man page, could we get a note > that informs users that fdisk is kind of... broken and obsolete? > Something like: >=20 > "fdisk is slowly being replaced by gpart(8). fdisk may not work > correctly. If you see errors such as "fdisk: Class not found", use > gpart(8) instead." As far as I know, "the class not found" just a warning, not an error. In the cases where I've seen it, fdisk still carried out the command it was given. I've always just ignored it. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksulbsACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVnWwCfbK/9VOaBs0vhRKS6CcIs6N1d r14AoJZBzsQm8xng2YlyppEHU5fa4KMO =H1Kt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DocE+STaALJfprDB--