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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: svn commit: r258686 - head/sbin/fdisk
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Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> What is the reason to use fdisk today, instead of gpart?

For one, fdisk doesn't require you to grep through the kernel source
code to figure out the magic incantations required to create FAT
partitions.

That is, of course, fixable :)

(and while you're there, it would be nice if gpart gave a sensible error
message when you mistype a GPT UUID)

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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no