Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:53:56 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: sheldonh@starjuice.net Cc: phk@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/newfs mkfs.c newfs.8 newfs.c newfs.h Message-ID: <200203201954.g2KJrusg001340@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <58389.1016624144@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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On 20 Mar, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 23:16:16 PST, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> Modified files: >> sbin/newfs mkfs.c newfs.8 newfs.c newfs.h >> Log: >> Swing the axe and remove some archaic features from newfs which modern >> diskdrives do neither need nor want: > > I really like this. The number of unnecessary options available in > newfs(8) has, I think, always presented a significant entry barrier for > new users. It takes serious discipline and faith to read through the > entire manual page, trusting that you'll understand how to use the tool > effectively when you're finished. The next area for the similar clean-up should, probably, be disklabel... % disklabel ccd0 type: CCD disk: ccd [...] rpm: 3600 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # milliseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds drivedata: 0 [...] Some of those seem useless/bogus to me. May be, some of them really are? -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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