Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:15:12 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/bsdlabel bsdlabel.c Message-ID: <200308280815.12638.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <4567.1062072620@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <4567.1062072620@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thursday 28 August 2003 05:10, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <3F4DEFAF.4000502@tcoip.com.br>, "Daniel C. Sobral" writes:
> >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >> phk 2003/08/27 15:34:57 PDT
> >>
> >> FreeBSD src repository
> >>
> >> Modified files:
> >> sbin/bsdlabel bsdlabel.c
> >> Log:
> >> When we initialize a disk with a virgin label, create also an
> >> 'a' partition which starts after the bootstrap area and fills the
> >> entire disk.
> >
> >Out of curiosity, why?
>
> Trying to be a little bit userfriendly and trying to discourage
> people from using the 'c' partition.
If I understand this correctly, this is a nice little change. You're
trying to discourage people from just using the 'c' partition *as a
filesystem*, right?
Pre-creating an 'a' partition that covers the entire disk/slice makes a
lot of sense when adding a new disk to the system, where often the
default is to just throw the whole disk in a new mount point, and
doesn't hurt anything if the user wants something different.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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