From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 22 10:18:17 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8835437B401 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 10:18:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7AF9B43F93 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2003 10:18:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1048789095.36856d@mired.org) Received: (qmail 52069 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2003 18:18:15 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 22 Mar 2003 18:18:15 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15996.43238.393053.988516@guru.mired.org> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 12:18:14 -0600 To: Joshua Oreman Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD fdisk In-Reply-To: <20030322173954.GA92434@webserver.get-linux.org> References: <20030322173954.GA92434@webserver.get-linux.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.71 (Hoop, Jr.) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In <20030322173954.GA92434@webserver.get-linux.org>, Joshua Oreman typed: > Hello -questions, > I did a quick port of OpenBSD's fdisk program to FreeBSD. It works pretty well > and allows one to edit extended partition tables with a much more sophisticated > interface than the standard fdisk. It's actually kind of like linux fdisk in its > functionality. This could be useful as a part of the base system (or as a port), > so dual-booters could edit extended partitions without having to reboot into > their other system. > > Should I send this as a PR? Insights? Questions? Suggestions? I think it's a good idea. I'd say package it as a PR. Unless there's a tarball with just it - or just it and a bit more - bundling it up as a port is probably not worth the trouble. You might try contacting one of the people who have committed to fdisk recently to see if they are interested in importing the OpenBSD version. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message