From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 28 08:15:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19E7B16A4C0; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:15:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail01.stbernard.com (mail01.stbernard.com [64.154.93.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9142743FCB; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:15:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from salty.rapid.stbernard.com ([192.168.4.61]) by mail01.stbernard.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:15:13 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr.com To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" , "Daniel C. Sobral" Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:15:12 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <4567.1062072620@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <4567.1062072620@critter.freebsd.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308280815.12638.wes@softweyr.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Aug 2003 15:15:13.0142 (UTC) FILETIME=[2DAE0160:01C36D77] cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/bsdlabel bsdlabel.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:15:15 -0000 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