Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 14:41:31 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/4461: IOMega Zip disk entry for disktab Message-ID: <19970907144131.VF59013@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199709071220.WAA04832@godzilla.zeta.org.au>; from Bruce Evans on Sep 7, 1997 22:20:32 %2B1000 References: <199709071220.WAA04832@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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As Bruce Evans wrote: > > What's wrong with ``disklabel -Brw sdX auto''? I figure it should > > 1. `auto' shouldn't exist. Use > `disklabel /dev/rsdX >foo; $EDITOR foo; disklabel -BrR sdX foo' > instead. That's too hard unless you put it into a script that ships by default. disklabel ... auto doesn't do much more, actually. It has a precedent case in DEC Unix. > 2. It has the same problems as the committed disktab entry: > a) it only works for "Dangerously Dedicated" disks. Note that the I don't think so. disklabel ... auto might even work for sliced disks (but i'm not much experienced with sliced disks myself). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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