Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:34:46 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@shaneware.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD slices and the Boot Manager Message-ID: <20130729123446.26db0c7d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <51F5E9BA.3020103@ShaneWare.Biz> References: <mailman.57.1375012801.93006.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20130729013637.M32053@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1307282131570.1188@alice.nodomain.nowhere> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201FF6013@ltcfiswmsgmb21> <20130729005301.ffcebf72.freebsd@edvax.de> <51F5E9BA.3020103@ShaneWare.Biz>
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On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:34:10 +0930, Shane Ambler wrote: > On 29/07/2013 08:23, Polytropon wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 22:23:38 +0000, Teske, Devin wrote: > >> In this case, sade is (or was) a direct by-product of the death > >> of sysinstall(8). It only exists in 9 or higher. > > > > % which sade > > /usr/sbin/sade > > > > System is FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE of August 2011. I think sade has > > been introduced in a v8 version of FreeBSD. > > > > Or earlier. On 9.1 man sade says -- > > HISTORY > This version of sade first appeared in FreeBSD 6.3. The code is > extracted from the sysinstall(8) utility. Really _that_ old? I have to admit that I never really _knew_ about sade, and that is has been mentioned to me when I was already using FreeBSD 8.x, so my memory can be "distorted" in this regards. Out of lazyness, I've been using the corresponding functionality of sysinstall - formerly also known as /stand/sysinstall :-) - to access what sade can also do. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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