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Subject: Re: Bigger boot block size? 
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In message <43231C48.80008@samsco.org>, Scott Long writes:

>> 
>> Guys, bsdlabel has no future, we need to migrate to something
>> that is
>> 	A: 64 capable
>> 	B: supports more than 7/8 partitions
>> 	C: understands that metadata should not be exposed in-band.
>> 
>
>Yes, and you've been waving your hands about this for a long time =-)

Yeah, well, sorry, but I havn't had enough time myself :-(

>GPT is a nice sucessor, but our support for it is not ready for prime
>time, IMHO.  What is required to actually make the switch:
>
>1) appropriate support in all stages of the bootloader for i386 and
>amd64.
>2) appropriate support in sysinstall for all platforms.
>3) docs that describe GPT on FreeBSD, how to install a system to it, and
>how to upgrade a system to it.
>4) visual editor for GPT.  You might laugh that bsdlabel/disklabel only
>uses vi, but it's worlds better than what the gpt utility provides now.

I *love* the bsdlabel $EDITOR use, and would highly recommend that
any future tools adopt the principle.  I particularly like it because
$EDITOR can also be a shell script.

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