From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Nov 23 10:42:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA00531 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:42:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m1-25-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA00399 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:42:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id UAA04715; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:13:32 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199811231813.UAA04715@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: bin/8809: fdisk calls QNX-4 partitions unknown In-Reply-To: <19981123122703.A15398@ctcdist.com> from "John C. Place" at "Nov 23, 98 12:27:03 pm" To: placej@ctcdist.com Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:13:29 +0200 (SAT) Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org John C. Place wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 11:31:33AM +0200, Robert Nordier wrote: > > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > > > Isn't it about time this table moved into /usr/share/misc/fdisk.types and > > > fdisk could read it from there ? > > > I had no idea that this was perfered, sory about that. I did not the stuff in > the /usr/share tree was used for lowlevel stuff. I think your original submission was fine. This just seems an easier way to cope with future changes. > > I was just about to suggest something similar. And if fdisk.types is > > not found, it can just default to "non-FreeBSD disk", which is about > > all the Microsoft version does. > > > As long at it still works without the file I guess I agree. But it could be a > little confusing to users that are running it and don't know the various > partition id's like from a floppy. > > whatever the decision, If you are looking for a volenteer I think I can handle > it. No need to volunteer particularly: if you like, send diffs. :-) -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message