From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 16:35:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADA2316A4B3 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:35:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail9.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 319C443FE0 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:35:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (qmail 26596 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2003 23:35:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hydrogen.funkthat.com) ([69.17.45.168]) (envelope-sender ) by mail9.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 18 Oct 2003 23:35:00 -0000 Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (nunefe@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1])h9INYxCe042487; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:35:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id h9INYxZX042486; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:34:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:34:59 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Tim Kientzle Message-ID: <20031018233459.GF42635@funkthat.com> References: <7842.1066492471@critter.freebsd.dk> <3F916974.5030502@acm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F916974.5030502@acm.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html cc: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: obrien@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: Marc Fonvieille cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 umass.4 X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:35:07 -0000 Tim Kientzle wrote this message on Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:25 -0700: > * No such default name. In that case, the docs could get > pretty ugly if we have to say things like "... after > using fdisk, you need to label the disk with bsdlabel, > sunlabel, foolabel, or xyzlabel, depending on your platform > and disk-labelling preferences." I'm not sure I want > to be the one who has to explain that one. but if you try to fdisk a sun disk, it won't do you much good since I doubt OpenBoot on sparc hardware knows what to do.. so trying to use generic information on how to partition a disk on all platforms is bound to fail... heck, you could put a bsdlabel on a disk that goes into the sun, or any label for that matter now that we have geom (I've succesfully read apple's label on sparc).. it's more of a question of making sure it boots... Making a disk bootable is quit platform specific.. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."