Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:13:25 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 umass.4 Message-ID: <20031019161325.GB56592@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <20031019152524.GB77230@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <7842.1066492471@critter.freebsd.dk> <3F916974.5030502@acm.org> <20031018233459.GF42635@funkthat.com> <20031019152524.GB77230@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote this message on Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 08:25 -0700:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 04:34:59PM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> > Tim Kientzle wrote this message on Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:25 -0700:
> > > * No such default name. In that case, the docs could get
> > > pretty ugly if we have to say things like "... after
^^^^^
> > > using fdisk, you need to label the disk with bsdlabel,
^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
> > > sunlabel, foolabel, or xyzlabel, depending on your platform
^^^^^^^^
> > > and disk-labelling preferences." I'm not sure I want
> > > to be the one who has to explain that one.
> >
> > but if you try to fdisk a sun disk, it won't do you much good since
>
> What does fdisk have to do with anything? Fdisk is a PeeCee thing, not a
> BSD Unix thing. disklabel is, and that is the level of things we are
> talking about here.
see highlighted above... we don't just list BSD Unix thing in the
handbook.. it's suppose to include the full set of steps for all
platforms..
> > geom (I've succesfully read apple's label on sparc).. it's more
> > of a question of making sure it boots...
>
> Sorry, I thought that went w/o saying.
>
> > Making a disk bootable is quit platform specific..
>
> It doesn't need to be so wildly different. Honestly, what is the use in
> having two programs on two different platforms that are almost identical
> to "drive" doing the same functionality, yet having two different names?
> What is served by that?
being able to label a sun disk on a x86... or an x86 disk on a sun
box..
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